Cowman v. Hornaday

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

In this medical malpractice case plaintiff Gary R. Cowman appeals from a summary judgment for defendant William R. Horna-day, Jr. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged that on September 29, 1976, defendant performed a contraceptive bilateral vasectomy upon him. Further, “[t]hat previous to said surgery, the Defendant, neither personally nor through his agents, informed Plaintiff ... of the risks involved in said surgical procedure, which were known or should have been known to the Defendant, such as the development of sperm granulomas, hemato-mas and…