Lynn G. v. Hugo

John Keats, who studied medicine before turning to the verse and rhyme, delivered the edict that “ ‘Beauty is truth * * * ’ [and] that is * * * all ye need to know.” 1 Sadly, the poet died young. But from our perspective of age and time, we may feel confident that the Grecian who crafted the urn which inspired such lofty sentiment undoubtedly knew something else: that an unrelenting involvement with self-beautification ofttimes ends up at the bottom of the well of Narcissus. A similar cautionary tale is presented in the case before us.

This medical malpractice action arises from two separate…