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OVIATT v. ARCHBISHOP BERGAN MERCY HOSPITAL

No. 39072.

214 N.W.2d 490 (1974)

191 Neb. 224

Elsie M. OVIATT, Appellant, v. The ARCHBISHOP BERGAN MERCY HOSPITAL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Higgins, Jr., J. Patrick Green, of Eisenstatt, Higgins, Kinnamon & Okun, Omaha, for appellant.

Sodoro & Meares, Emil F. Sodoro, David R. Johnson, and Ronald H. Stave, Omaha, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, and CLINTON, JJ., and COLWELL, District Judge.

BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The plaintiff was admitted to the defendant hospital for a hysterectomy which was performed on March 1, 1965. The operation was performed by Dr. Walter J. Holden with Dr. Clarence M. Hartmann, her personal physician, assisting. Following the operation the plaintiff had difficulty with her right foot and it was discovered that the sciatic nerve had been damaged. The plaintiff believes the nerve was damaged when Dr. Holden tied the hypogastric artery...

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