Turner v. Malone

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Medical Malpractice. Roy Turner was diagnosed as suffering from lung cancer and underwent an operation for excision of the malignancy. Turner was given preparatory anesthetic injections prior to being brought to the operating room which caused great drowsiness but did not completely anesthetize him. After arrival in the operating arena, he was further given anesthesia by Dr. Malone, a registered anesthesiologist. The additional anesthesia rendered Turner physically immobile (i.e., temporarily paralyzed) but did not wholly cause him to be amnestic. Thus, Turner could…