Legal Opinion
Shoemaker v. Ekunno
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 13, 1998No. 71065PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PUDLOWSKI, Judge.
Sharon Shoemaker (Shoemaker) brought suit against defendants Dr. Josiah Ekunno (Ekunno) and Christian Hospital Northeast-Northwest (Christian) alleging Ekunno and Christian negligently performed surgery by leaving a surgical sponge in her abdominal cavity. A jury returned a verdict for Ekun-no and Christian. Shoemaker appeals. All five of Shoemaker’s points on appeal allege the trial court erred in the admission of evidence. Shoemaker contends the trial court erred in excluding a videotape of a different surgery than the one involved here, a laparotomy sponge (or “lap…
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