Perkins v. Hausladen

Decided 1992-04-09

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LEIBSON, Justice. Nancy Lee Perkins sued Dr. Siegfried Hausladen for negligence in performing surgery to remove diseased tissue from her inner ear. Specifically, the diseased condition was called a “cholestatoma.” To reach the site of the cholestatoma, it was necessary to drill through the “cortex of the mastoid bone.” The doctor admitted on deposition that in doing so one of the…

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