Legal Opinion
Mina Wright v. James Yackley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1972No. 25710PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant here appeals from dismissal of a medical malpractice action. She brought the action in the District Court for the District of Idaho and asserted jurisdiction on grounds of diversity of citizenship.
While a resident of South Dakota appellant had been treated by appellee, a South Dakota doctor, and at his direction was taking drugs acquired by prescriptions permitting unlimited refills. She moved from South Dakota to Idaho and, four months after appellee had last treated her, she sought to have the prescriptions refilled at an Idaho drugstore on the basis of…
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- Arthur H. Aftanase v. Economy Baler Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by115 opinions
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