McClendon v. Williams

_JjP & S Surgery Center, L.L.C. (“P & S”), a defendant in this medical malpractice action, sought supervisory review of the trial court’s denial of a motion for summary judgment. We granted the writ and ordered the matter briefed and docketed. Because the plaintiffs will be unable to meet the burden of proving causation, an essential element of their claim, we find that summary judgment dismissing the plaintiffs’ claims as to P & S is appropriate.

FACTS

Shelly McClendon (“McClendon”) was scheduled to have a hysterectomy and sal-pingo-oophorectomy at P & S on June 6, 2003. McClendon’s OB/GYN,…