Black v. Littlejohn

FRYE, Justice.

On 1 October 1978, defendant, a licensed physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, performed surgery on plaintiff. The surgical procedures performed included a total abdominal hysterectomy, a bilateral salpingo oophorectomy, appendectomy and lysis of adhesions. Defendant prescribed and performed the surgery for plaintiff to alleviate and resolve a certain condition diagnosed by defendant as endometriosis. Plaintiff, in her af fidavit, stated that defendant told her “he had done everything he could to avoid a hysterectomy and that nothing else would work.” On 17 August…