Lacy Dodd v. Dr. Randall Hines

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

COLEMAN, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. On March 25, 2011, in an effort to increase chances of conception, Lacy Dodd underwent surgery to remove ovarian cysts.and, potentially, one fallopian tube. During the surgery-, Lacy’s physician, Dr. Randall - Hines, discovered that both of Lacy’s ovaries appeared abnormal to the extent that they seemed cancerous. Dr. Hines consulted, intraoperativély, with his cqlleague, Dr. Paul Seago. Dr. Seago con-eluded that both ovaries lacked any appreciable amount of normal tissue and were highly suspicious for malignancy; he recommended that it…