Legal Opinion
Gilbert v. Sykes
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 2007No. C050766PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BUTZ, J.
In our youth and celebrity worshipping culture, the benefits and risks of plastic surgery are a hot topic. The number of people, especially women, who have had minimally invasive cosmetic surgery has grown exponentially in the past several years.
Jonathan Sykes, M.D., is a prominent professor and practitioner of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center (UC Davis Medical Center) in Sacramento. Sykes performed a series of facial cosmetic procedures on Georgette Gilbert in February 2003. Gilbert was appalled at the results. She not…
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