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LORD v. LOVETT

No. 99-179.

146 N.H. 232 (2001)

BELINDA JOYCE LORD v. JAMES LOVETT, M.D. & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKean, Mattson & Latici, P.A., of Gilford (Edgar D. McKean, III on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Ransmeier & Spellman, P.C., of Concord (Lawrence S. Smith and John T. Alexander on the brief, and Mr. Alexander orally), for defendant James Lovett, M.D.

Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, P.L.L.C., of Manchester (Ronald J. Lajoie and Todd Hathaway on the brief, and Mr. Lajoie orally), for defendant Samuel Aldridge, M.D.

Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C., of Concord (Martin L. Gross and Sarah S. Murdough on the brief), for New Hampshire Medical Society, as amicus curiae.

NADEAU, J.

The plaintiff, Belinda Joyce Lord, appeals the Superior Court's (Perkins, J.) dismissal of her "loss of opportunity" action against the defendants, James Lovett, M.D., and Samuel Aldridge, M.D. We reverse and remand.

The plaintiff suffered a broken neck in an automobile accident on July 22, 1996, and was treated at the Lakes Region General Hospital by the defendants. She contends that because the defendants negligently misdiagnosed her spinal...

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