Legal Opinion
Sheffler v. Arana
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1997No. WD 53552PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ULRICH, Chief Judge, Presiding Judge.
Victor A. Arana, M.D. appeals from the $246,500 judgment in favor of Clara May Sheffler and Raymond Sheffler in their medical malpractice action arising from Dr. Ara-na’s care and treatment of Mrs. Sheffler in 1993. Specifically, Dr. Arana was found to have been negligent in performing a primary anastomosis rather than a colostomy after fading to properly prepare Mrs. Sheffler’s bowels when she was diagnosed with diverti-culosis of the sigmoid colon and in failing to diagnose and treat Mrs. Sheffler’s postoperative complications.
Dr. Arana raises five…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
- State v. GrantSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- Ladish v. GordonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
- Hiers v. LemleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
- Blake v. IrwinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by17 opinions
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