Weaver v. Witt

This is a malpractice case involving an alleged negligent surgical operation. Dr. Raymond Witt performed a hemorrhoidec-tomy on Tom Weaver on February 1, 1971. In this action for damages, it was alleged that the operation was performed negligently by Dr. Witt in that the nerves and muscles in Weaver’s rectum were damaged, causing him to lose control of his bowels. Weaver’s suit was not filed until January 16, 1976, and, to avoid the bar of the two year statute of limitations, Weaver alleged that Dr. Witt fraudulently concealed the cause of the injury and that it was not until June 1975 that…