Legal Opinion
Barrette v. Lopez
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1999No. CASE NO. 95 CA 214PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vukovich, Judge.
The following appeal arises from the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas decision wherein Dr. Raul Lopez was absolved from liability for medical malpractice. For the following reasons, the decision of the trial court is affirmed in part and reversed in part, and the cause is remanded.
I. FACTS
In January 1991, Beverly Barrette consulted Dr. Alfred Reed Hoffmaster, complaining of a pain in her left side. Hoffmaster determined that Barrette’s kidney was badly damaged and needed to be removed. Consequently, Dr. Hoffmaster performed surgery on Barrette to remove the nonfunctioning…
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