· 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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