Wick v. Henderson

ANDREASEN, Justice.

The trial court directed a defendants’ verdict in this medical malpractice suit against an anesthesiologist, a professional corporation, and the hospital where surgery had been performed. Plaintiffs’ appeal presents questions on the sufficiency of the evidence to support claims based both on allegations of specific negligence and on the theory of res ipsa loquitur. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff Dorothy Wick entered defendant Mercy Hospital as a patient on August 12,1987, for gallbladder surgery. Defendant Marvin G. Henderson, a medical doctor specializing in…