Roberts v. Marx

In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff asserts that his surgeon was required to inform him prior to elective surgery of the surgeon’s own eye surgery which had occurred eight days earlier. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant physician after determining that there existed no genuine issue of material fact regarding breach of the standard of care. We affirm.

Facts

On September 21, 2007, urologist, Dr. Don Marx, performed an elective vasectomy on John Roberts. The vasectomy procedure involves the separation of blood vessels from the vas which is then…