Bigay v. Garvey

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

A surgical patient who suffered a perforated ileum and sigmoid colon during a spinal fusion operation challenges evidentiary rulings and an adverse jury verdict. We find no reversible error in the evidentiary rulings and affirm the jury verdict. We also affirm the district court’s entry of a directed verdict dismissing the patient’s negligent supervision claim against the hospital. We reverse, however, the district court’s pretrial order disallowing, as time-barred, an amended claim for negligent treatment.

FACTS

Shari Bigay first met with Dr. Timothy Garvey at the…