Ragas v. Dewey

| xBOWES, Judge.

Defendant/appellant, Dr. John Dewey, appeals a judgment in favor of plaintiff/appel-lee, Christy Ragas, in the amount of $7,729.21. We reverse.

FACTS

Mrs. Ragas went to Dr. Dewey, a general dentist, to have a wisdom tooth pulled in July, 1992. After anesthetizing plaintiff, Dr. Dewey began to pull the tooth, which rolled and then became lost in the surrounding tissue. Unable to find the tooth after probing the area for some period of time (the actual amount of time is in dispute), Dr. Dewey, on the same day, Referred plaintiff to Dr. Anthony Indovina, an oral surgeon, whose…