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· 6/2/1982

Roark v. Allen

Citations

  • 633 S.W.2d 804
  • 25 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 348
  • 1982 Tex. LEXIS 313

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “the diagnosis of skull fractures is not within the experience of the ordinary laymen” and therefore required expert testimony
  • holding that “the diagnosis of skull fractures is not within the experience of the ordinary layman” and therefore required expert testimony
  • holding that \the diagnosis of skull fractures is not within the experience of the ordinary layman\ and therefore required expert testimony
  • holding that diagnosis of skull fractures is not within the experience of the layman
  • holding that courts should construe pleadings liberally in absence of special exceptions
  • holding opinion that physician should have warned of possible skull fracture was legally insufficient as it assumed physician was aware of fracture when there was no proof he was

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