· 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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