Conley v. Gallup

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the adverse verdict and judgment in this medical malpractice case involving the contention that defendant negligently sutured deceased plaintiff’s bladder while performing a radical hysterectomy as treatment for her advanced cancer of the cervix, and thereby caused a fistula which leaked urine through the vagina, leaving the deceased plaintiff incontinent. She died from cancer which evidence indicated had metastasized before defendant performed the radical hysterectomy.

Appellants contend the trial court erred in refusing to allow evidence from…