Pettet v. Bieterman

TITUS, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is brought by defendant S.A. Bieterman, a physician and surgeon, from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Susan Pettet for $75,000 and a judgment in favor of plaintiff John Pettet, her spouse, for $5,000. The case involves a lawsuit for money damages arising out of the negligence of defendant in performing a laparo-scopic application of Fallopian rings, a sterilization procedure, upon Susan Pettet.

Defendant admits that at some point during the procedure he perforated Susan’s bladder in two places. The same day after the procedure was completed and Susan had…