Raley v. Wagner

Ray Thornton, Justice.

On December 8, 1997, appellant, Jay Michael Raley, filed a medical malpractice action against appellee, Dr. Charles Wagner. Appellant, who was born January 16, 1979, was eighteen years old at the time the complaint was filed. Appellant suffers from Hirschsprung Disease, a disease of the colon. In his complaint, appellant alleged that appellee, a pediatric surgeon, had negligently performed a “Soave Pull-Through” procedure on appellant on March 16, 1992. Appellant was thirteen-years-old at the time of the surgery, and the procedure was performed in the course of treatment…