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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 

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FI LED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

JAN 2 8 l 

.&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

MAELINDA ELLIS; GARY ELLIS, husband 

and wife, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

v. 

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STEVEN D. JIMERSON, M.D., 

STEVEN D. JIMERSON, M.D., 

Oklahoma corporation, 

an individual;) 

INC., an ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 89-6002 

(D.C. No. 88-253-W) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

Before MOORE and BARRETT, Circuit Judges, and SPARR,** District 

Judge. 

**Honorable Daniel B. Sparr, District Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Colorado. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P . 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

* 

The case is therefore ordered 

This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

Appellate Case: 89-6002 Document: 010110080458 Date Filed: 01/28/1991 Page: 1 
This matter is before the court on appeal from a judgment 

entered in favor of defendants in this diversity medical 

malpractice action. Plaintiffs have argued that the trial court 

erred in instructing the jury on contributory negligence and 

assumption of risk and in failing to adequately instruct on the 

standards of care required of the parties in this case. We have 

reviewed such record on appeal as is before us and the parties' 

appellate briefs. We conclude that the challenged instructions 

were supported by the evidence and that all of the instructions, 

considered as a whole, provided the jury with an understanding of 

the issues and standards applicable. 

Accordingly, the judgment of the United States District Court 

for the Western District of Oklahoma is AFFIRMED 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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Appellate Case: 89-6002 Document: 010110080458 Date Filed: 01/28/1991 Page: 2