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- Title: Mcguire v. Sifers
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 27, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a direct appeal of a medical malpractice action instituted by Carol M. McGuire against Earl C. Sifers, M.D. and Sifers, Taylor and Hitchcock, M.D.'s, Chartered, a professional corporation. Count I claims damages suffered by McGuire (plaintiff). Count II claims damages for loss of consortium pursuant to K.S.A. 23-205. The case was tried before a jury in November, 1982. The jury returned a verdict for $600,000.00 in Count I and $82,000.00 in Count II. The trial judge reduced both Count I and Count II by the 35% fault attributed to the plaintiff by the jury. The final judgment totaled $443,300.00. The defendants appeal. Plaintiff cross-appeals. Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell, as Administrator of the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund (Fund), was permitted to intervene. In January, 1976, McGuire was referred by her family physician to Dr. Sifers, a surgeon, for monitoring and observation of several lumps in her breast. McGuire's condition was diagnosed [235 Kan. 370]