Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 1979No. TC 422-528, SC 25435PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTongue, J.
This is an action for damages for medical malpractice against a hospital and a clinic of doctors. Defendants appeal from a judgment based upon a jury verdict against them in the sum of $750,000.
Plaintiff underwent surgery at defendants’ hospital, after which it was discovered that he had suffered permanent brain damage. Plaintiffs theory of the case was that he was administered massive overdoses of narcotics by the defendants’ nurse anesthetist; that at the conclusion of the surgery inadequate amounts of reversal drugs were administered; that as a result, unnoticed by defendants, his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Fish v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1943
- Larson v. Heintz Construction Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1959
- Cronn v. FisherOregon Supreme Court · 1966
- Putnam v. Pacific Monthly Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1913
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