Inzano v. Johnston

Plaintiff is appealing the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lake County in which the trial court overrruled plaintiffs motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict which was in favor of defendant.

On December 10, 1982, plaintiff, age sixty-one, went to the office of defendant, an opthalmologist, in Mentor, Ohio, to have her eyes examined because she had blurred vision and severe headaches. During the course of such examination, eye drops were placed in plaintiffs eyes to dilate the pupils.

Upon examination, defendant informed plaintiff that she had two cataracts on her left eye which…