Travis v. Scott

This is a medical malpractice/wrongful death case. The plaintiff, Marjorie Anne Travis, as executrix of the estate of Velma V. Lacy, sued in September 1992, alleging that the defendant doctors had failed to timely diagnose a bile duct leak in Velma Lacy's gallbladder bed and that, as a consequence, they had caused her death. The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant doctors, Henry Eldon Scott III, M.D., and Elmo Dodd Ozment, Jr., M.D.1 We reverse and remand.

The trial court entered a summary judgment for Dr. Scott and Dr. Ozment on July 15, 1994, holding that the…