COOPER v. CURRY

No. 3176.

589 P.2d 201 (1978)

92 N.M. 417

Charles Earnest COOPER, and Ruby Thelma Cooper, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. R.L. CURRY, M.D., and Memorial Hospital, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Writ of Certiorari Quashed January 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Darling, Kool, Kool, Bloomfield & Eaves, P.A., Albuquerque, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dan B. Buzzard, Harry L. Patton, Clovis, Sarah M. Singleton, Pickard & Singleton, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants (Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooper), filed suit against Dr. Curry and the defendant-appellee, Memorial Hospital, Inc., (the hospital) to recover damages for injuries connected with eye surgery performed upon Mrs. Cooper by Dr. Curry at the hospital. Both plaintiffs sought damages for the resulting total blindness to Mrs. Cooper. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the amount of $600,000.00 against Dr...

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