· 2/28/1983
Carranza v. Tucson Medical Center
Citations
- 662 P.2d 455
- 135 Ariz. 490
- 1983 Ariz. App. LEXIS 418
How courts have described this case
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- holding no expert testimony needed to recover on res ipsa theory for burn on child’s leg after heart surgery
- concluding expert testimony was not required where a child suffered a burn on her leg after heart surgery
- concluding expert testimony was not 28 1 | required to show a burn on child’s leg sustained during heart surgery could not have occurred without negligence because it was within the realm of common knowledge
- patient's leg burned during heart surgery
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Judges: Hathaway, Howard, Birdsall
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