Villines v. North Arkansas Regional Medical Center

JOHN B. ROBBINS, Judge.

11 This appeal arises from a grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee, North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC). The circuit court ruled that, as a matter of law, NARMC did not act negligently with regard to its informed-consent policy and did not proximately cause damages to appellants Kelsey and Marlene Villines. Because questions of material fact remain, we reverse and remand.

Mr. Villines presented at NARMC with kidney stones in November 2003. When the stones did not pass overnight, Dr. Scott Ferguson obtained Mr. Villines’s consent for surgery. NARMC…