Gormley v. Stover

Marion Stover sued Dr. Jerold Gormley, a dentist, alleging that he was negligent in his treatment of her in three respects: in recommending a skin graft rather than a bone graft to improve her ability to wear dentures, in performing the skin graft surgery, and in treating her after the surgery. Stover filed suit more than two years after the surgery was performed but less than two years after Gormley last treated her.

Stover also alleged that Gormley misrepresented: that he could perform the surgery with no problems; that a skin graft would work as well as a bone graft; that after surgery he…