Long v. Hacker

Decided 1994-08-05

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Lanphier, J. Plaintiff-appellant, Robert S. Long, M.D., brought a medical malpractice action against defendant-appellee, Robert J. Hacker, M.D., a neurosurgeon, in the district court for Douglas County. Hacker had performed a laminectomy on Long, and it is uncontested that Hacker operated on the wrong vertebrae of Long’s spine. This miscalculation was apparently due to the misinte…

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