Tudder v. Torres

BARTEAU, Judge.

Sisters Dawana Tudder and Charlotte Gibson appeal an adverse judgment follow*657ing a jury trial on their claims for medical negligence against Jose Torres, M.D. and Clemente F. Oca, M.D. Tudder and Gibson underwent gastric bypass surgery in order to lose weight. Both women developed complications following the operation. They filed a proposed complaint with the Indiana Department of Insurance, alleging that Torres and Oca "negligently failed to exercise that degree of skill and care commonly exercised by other surgeons," by (1) performing the surgery on Tudder and Gibson without…