Cross v. Trapp

McHUGH, Justice:

In this action we are asked to consider the requirements of a consent given by a patient prior to surgery. On a broader scale, we are asked to review a physician’s duty to disclose to his patient methods of treatment, including surgery, and the risks incidental to such methods of treatment.

Specifically, this action is before this Court upon an appeal by the appellants, Raymond Cross and Lucy Cross, from judgments entered in the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, in favor of the appellees, Dr. D. C. Trapp and Ohio Valley Medical Center, Inc. The action of the…