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- Title: Wisher v. Higgs
- Author : Supreme Court of New Mexico
- Release Date : January 02, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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The plaintiff, Patricia Wisher, appeals from a jury verdict rendered in a medical malpractice action tried in the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County. The defendant, Dr. Wilson Higgs, stipulated prior to trial that the preponderance of medical testimony established that Ms. Wisher incurred an injury during a surgery that he performed on November 14, 1979. Specifically, Ms. Wisher sustained a dehiscence, or hole, in her left inner ear following a left facial nerve decompression procedure. Dr. Higgs also stipulated that the preponderance of medical testimony established that the surgical result obtained was below the standard of care. The District Court ruled that this was negligence as a matter of law. Dr. Higgs presented a statute of limitations defense to the action.