Schrader v. Gillette

During the spring and summer of 1984, appellant, Eleanor M. Schrader, suffered from an arthritic condition in her right knee. Unable to walk comfortably, appellant scheduled two appointments to see ap-pellee, Carl R. Gillette, D.O., who owns the Family Medical Center. During both of these visits, appellee aspirated appellant’s knee by inserting a needle into the knee and withdrawing the fluid inside the joint.

Within four days after the second aspiration, appellant developed a staph infection in the knee. On July 22,1984, appellant was admitted to Trumbull Memorial Hospital, where a second…