Legal Opinion

Sims v. Atrium Med. Corp.

District Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided October 15, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO: 4:17-CV-00160-JHMPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., Chief Judge United States District Court

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint. [DN 16]. Fully briefed, this matter is ripe for decision. For the following reasons, the Plaintiff's motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.

I. BACKGROUND

In early 2015, Plaintiff Joseph J. Sims suffered a bilateral inguinal hernia in his lower abdomen. On or about May 27, 2015, Dr. Anthony Kaiser performed a bilateral laparoscopic hernia repair on Sims at Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Indiana. Dr. Kaiser used tacks and…

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