Harrison v. Munson Healthcare, Inc.

Plaintiff, Jeanne Harrison, sustained a quarter-sized forearm burn during thyroid surgery performed by defendant Dr. -William Potthoff at Munson Medical Center, owned by defendant Munson Healthcare, Inc. Postoperatively, Harrison met with a Munson representative to learn the cause of her burn. The representative told her that an electrocautery device called a “Bovie” had created the wound but offered no additional details. Dissatisfied with that answer and unhappy about the bum’s aftereffects, Harrison filed suit.

Munson insisted throughout discovery that no one in the operating room…