Mazey v. Adams

Plaintiff, as personal representative of the estate of Ralph V. Hensley, deceased, filed the instant medical malpractice action against defendant Bruce Adams, D.O., and others, alleging mistreatment of Mr. Hensley. Defendant Adams appeals as of right a jury verdict and award of $60,000, later reduced by fifty percent because of Mr. Hensley’s comparative negligence, in favor of plaintiff. We affirm.

Dr. Bruce Adams, an osteopathic physician, is a general practitioner who had treated Mr. Hensley for approximately twenty years from 1963 through July 1984. In February 1984, Mr. Hensley underwent…