Wright v. Mills

This is a dental malpractice suit. Barbara and Charles Wright sued Dr. Major C. Mills, alleging that he had been negligent in treating Mrs. Wright. Dr. Mills filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. The Wrights appeal.

Dr. Mills began seeing Mrs. Wright as a patient in January 1965, and he continued to see her as a patient until October 6, 1987. She developed chronic gum disease during the 1970s, which Dr. Mills treated.1 Dr. Mills attributed the chronic gum disease to poor dental care at home.

After Dr. Mills's last treatment of Mrs. Wright, the Wrights began to…