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· 2/26/1979

Georgia R. Sutton v. Dr. Ed Calhoun

Citations

  • 593 F.2d 127
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 16658

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that an admission of a bona fide mistake of judgment is not sufficient to establish a breach of duty
  • affirming the trial court’s submission to the jury of the question of how much probative weight should be assigned to an admission of mistake by a doctor in a case alleging negli- gence on the part of the doctor
  • trial court properly refused to instruct that surgeon’s statement he had made mistake in cutting duct was admission of negligence

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Judges: Seth, Holloway, Logan

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