Swierczek v. Lynch

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• surgeon in charge of operation liable under doctrine of respondeat superior for negligent acts of those who assist in operation
• court reached same conclusion as to patient who entered hospital for extraction of his teeth and came out of surgery with an ulnar nerve injury
• court reached same conclusion as to patient who entered hospital for extraction of his teeth and came out of surgery with an ulnar nerve injury
• res ipsa loquitur applicable to alleged negligence of hospital, oral surgeon, and nurse anesthetist
• res ipsa loquitur applicable to alleged negligence of hospital, oral surgeon, and nurse anesthetist
• “[i]t is within the common knowledge and experience of a layperson to determine that an individual does not enter the hospital for extraction of her teeth and come out with an injury to nerves in her arms and hands, without some type of negligence occurring”

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