Morrow v. Stivers

DYCHE, Judge.

In this malpractice case, the appellant, Dr. Len W. Morrow, an oral surgeon, appeals a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court in which a patient was awarded damages for Dr. Morrow’s misdiagnosis and negligent treatment of facial pain.

The appellee, Robert R. Stivers, is fifty-eight and has worked for Lexington Building Supply for the last twenty-six years. Stivers developed a severe pain in the left facial area on or about April 10, 1983. Stivers was examined by Dr. Richard F. Hench, who had treated him for high blood pressure and seen him for regular checkups. Dr. Hench performed…