Alaska Supreme Court November 22, 2002, S-9859 (Marsingill v. O'MALLEY)

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

One night several months after having stomach surgery, Vicki Marsingill called her surgeon, Dr. James O’Malley, complaining of abdominal pain and nausea. Dr. O’Malley advised Marsingill to go to the emergency room and offered to meet her there, but Marsingill said she felt better and declined to go.