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· 7/20/1964

Buchanan v. Downing

Citations

  • 394 P.2d 269
  • 74 N.M. 423

How courts have described this case

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  • holding expert testimony was insufficient where proximate cause established only as a possibility and not a probability
  • discussing that in New Mexico proximate cause must be shown as a probability, rather than a possibility, that the plaintiff would have recovered
  • plaintiff sued doctor for injuries resulting from injection

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Judges: Carmody, Compton, Moise

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