Evans v. Stoval

On February 26,1975, plaintiff Lynn Evans, by his attorney Frank J. Mackey, Jr., filed a complaint against Dr. Richard Stoval and certain others. Insofar as it is relevant, the complaint alleged that on March 1, 1973, Dr. Stoval “[cjarelessly and negligently performed back surgery” on Evans, that he “[cjarelessly and negligently failed to order proper laboratory workups and diagnostic procedures to determine the presence of infection in the operative site,” and that he “[cjarelessly and negligently misinformed [Evans] as to the cause of the drainage” from the site. As a result Evans was…