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· 11/16/1983

DeBoer v. Brown

Citations

  • 673 P.2d 912
  • 138 Ariz. 168
  • 1983 Ariz. LEXIS 265

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • court held that to state a cause of action for medical malpractice, the plaintiff-patient must have sustained some actual injury or damage from the malpractice
  • where there was no change in condition and we found no “injury”
  • where there was no change in condition and we found no \injury\
  • “Where a medical malpractice claim is based on a misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose a condition, the ‘injury’ ... is the development of the problem into a more serious condition which poses greater danger to the patient or which requires more extensive treatment.”

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Judges: Gordon, Holohan, Hays, Cameron, Feldman

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