Hall v. Nix

DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge.

| , Dr. Ralph Nix appeals the trial court’s ruling that he breached the applicable standard of care in his treatment of plaintiff, Catherine Hall, and that the breach was a cause-in-fact of Ms. Hall’s damages. For the following reasons, we hereby affirm.

FACTS

In September 1999, Dr. Nix performed an eye exam on Ms. Hall whereby he noted that Ms. Hall had a small macular hole in her right eye and a larger macular hole in her left eye. After advising Ms. Hall to repair the reopened macular hole in the right eye, Dr. Nix performed a pars plana vitrectomy1 on…