Jones v. Olcese

Joseph E. Mahoney, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Robert H. Jones and Ruth Jones, brought a medical malpractice action against defendant-appellee, 1 Dr. Arnaldo M. Olcese, alleging that appellee carelessly and negligently perforated the colon of Robert H. Jones while performing an inguinal hernia repair operation and that appellee failed to detect and repair the perforation.

The matter was tried to a jury on October 30, 1989. Both parties presented expert testimony. Appellants’ experts opined that the injury to appellant Jones’ bowel occurred during the hernia operation performed by the…