Crawford v. McDonald

Clark, Judge.

This is an appeal by a plaintiff-patient from a summary judgment for defendant-physician in a malpractice action based on an occurrence during an operation for a kidney ailment. The allegation is that the surgeon "without further authorization” did "cut, sever and then closed up veins leading down from her right leg.” Thereafter by an amendment denominated Count II she alleged fraudulent conduct by the doctor in that he did not disclose to her that he had severed the vein and further failed to note such vein severance as a part of her medical history in the hospital records.

The…