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· 11/25/1981

Mellies v. National Heritage, Inc.

Citations

  • 636 P.2d 215
  • 6 Kan. App. 2d 910
  • 1981 Kan. App. LEXIS 391

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that “if a proper foundation is laid as to the nurse’s experience with decubitus ulcers, she or he can qualify as an expert as to causation”
  • ruling that “if a proper foundation is laid as to the nurse’s experience with decubitus ulcers, she or he can qualify as an expert as to causation”
  • holding that when a proper foundation is laid as to the nurse's experience with bed sores, that nurse can \qualify as an expert as to causation and as to such parts of treatment and cure that are performed by such nurse.\
  • “Given the fact that proximate cause was not certain, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur would not be applicable.”

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Judges: Holmes, Meyer, Miller

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