Otwell v. Bryant

This is a medical malpractice case.

The plaintiff/appellant Arlen Otwell went to see Dr. Kirby F. Bryant of Anniston Urologic Associates, P.A. (the defendants/appellees) after he passed blood in his urine. After a series of tests, Dr. Bryant was unable to tell for sure, but, from the results of a cystoscope, suspected Otwell had bladder cancer. The pathologist had reported this appeared to be an aggressive malignant neoplasm, but the sample was too small to make a definitive diagnosis. Dr. Bryant scheduled Arlen for surgery. Dr. Bryant told the family before surgery that he suspected Otwell's…