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REED v. GERSHWEIR

No. 2 CA-CV 88-0256.

160 Ariz. 203 (1989)

772 P.2d 26

Nancy REED, an unmarried woman, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Barry GERSHWEIR, M.D., and Davita Gershweir, husband and wife, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A.

Review Denied May 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Booke & Berlin by Laurence M. Berlin, Tucson, for plaintiff/appellant.

Slutes, Sakrison, Even, Grant & Pelander, P.C. by Tom Slutes and Bruce G. Macdonald, Tucson, for defendants/appellees.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a defense verdict in a malpractice action. The determinative issue in this case is whether a physician who asks another physician "to cover" for him in his absence can be held liable for the other physician's malpractice.

Dr. Gershweir was the plaintiff's doctor. Due to a spontaneous miscarriage, Dr. Gershweir determined that a dilation and curettage (D & C) was necessary. After this procedure, certain...

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