Legal Opinion
Larry D. Robinson, Joan Robinson v. Dr. Joe E. Parrish
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 1983No. 82-8580PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Joan and Larry Robinson, the appellants, originally filed this diversity action in 1976 in the Northern District of Georgia. They claimed that the defendant-appellee, a medical doctor, negligently performed a la-paroscopic tubal ligation on Mrs. Robinson in 1975. This surgical procedure is designed to permanently sterilize a woman and is relative risk free, but Mrs. Robinson’s small intestine was punctured during the operation and she suffered serious pain and injury as a result. A jury subsequently found that the defendant did not negligently perform the operation. The Robinsons then moved…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- White v. MurthaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Morrow v. DillardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Young v. YarnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- United States v. Robert E. Burns and Margaret Ann GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Wm. G. Roe & Company v. Armour & Company, Armour & Company v. Wm. G. Roe & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Bernard Litman v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Alabama Education Ass'n v. BentleyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
- Wheeler v. City of Pleasant GroveCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Technical Resource Services, Inc. v. Dornier Medical Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
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