Anglin v. Grisamore

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Anglin, brought this medical malpractice action against the appellees, Dr. Jennings Grisamore and his professional corporation, seeking to recover for the doctor’s alleged negligence in deciding to perform a gastroplasty operation upon Mrs. Anglin. A gastroplasty is a surgical procedure by which the size of the stomach is.reduced to promote loss of weight. The appellants did not contend at trial that the actual performance of the operation by Dr. Grisamore was in any way deficient or negligent but sought to prove that he had failed to…