Kortus v. Jensen

Warren, District Judge.

Plaintiff Jessie M. Kortus brought this medical negli gence action against the defendant Werner P. Jensen, M.D., for a sciatic nerve injury she sustained while undergoing hip surgery by the defendant. The plaintiff Fred Kortus filed a separate action for the husband’s loss of consortium. The two actions were consolidated for trial. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ case-in-chief, the trial court sustained the defendant’s motion for dismissal of the respective actions. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

Plaintiff Jessie M. Kortus, to whom we hereafter refer as the…