Golden v. Stein

The plaintiffs, Angela Golden and her husband, Ralph Golden, appeal from a summary judgment against Angela Golden's medical malpractice claims against Dr. Daniel Stein and against Ralph Golden's derivative loss of consortium claim against Dr. Stein.

In opposition to the defendant's summary judgment motion, the Goldens submitted two affidavits. The first affidavit, by Angela Golden, states:

"On January 9, 1992, I went to see Dr. Stein at his office in Prattville to get a temporary tubal ligation performed. I told him [that] Dr. Coles had [already] done biopsies and laparoscopic surgery [on me]…