Pemberton v. Dharmani

Plaintiffs appeal by leave granted from a June 22, 1989, order granting partial summary disposition for defendant B.N. Zarewych, D.O. Plaintiffs filed the instant medical-malpractice action after Denise Pemberton’s colon was mistakenly transected instead of her fallopian tube during a tubal-ligation procedure, resulting in the need for her to have a colostomy. We reverse.

The basic facts are not in dispute. In October 1987, Denise Pemberton decided to undergo a voluntary tubal ligation. After commencement of the surgery, Sheela Dharmani, M.D., the surgeon, noted several pelvic adhesions.…