Johnson v. Arthur

ohn F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

In each of these two companion cases, the Garland County Circuit Court granted summary judgment in favor of appellees James Arthur, M.D., Allan Gocio, M.D., and Hot Springs Neurosurgery Clinic, P.A. Although the cases were not consolidated at trial or for appeal, they were submitted simultaneously to this court, and we dispose of them in this one opinion. We affirm both cases because no genuine issues of material fact remain for trial.

On February 27, 1990, Dr. Arthur operated on Armond Johnson to remove a herniated cervical disc and to perform a fusion of his…