Porter v. Harshfield

W.H.“Dub” Arnold, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Randy Porter, brought suit against appellee David L. Harshfield, Jr., M.D., d/b/a Riverside Radiology Group, to recover damages for injuries sustained when Dr. Harshfield’s employee, Jerry Pearrow, a radiology technician, sexually assaulted Porter while conducting a gallbladder ultrasound. Porter’s separate suit against Pearrow resulted in a default judgment and a subsequent award to Porter in the amounts of $15,000 in compensatory damages and $15,000 in punitive damages. In the present appeal, Porter challenges the trial court’s granting of…