Reed v. Spencer

CLARK, Judge.

Appellant Patricia J. Reed sued respondents for medical malpractice associated with surgery performed upon her to correct a congenital defect in her left hip. A jury returned a verdict for respondents. Appellants present seven points of alleged trial error.

It is unnecessary to this opinion that all factual details of the case be recounted. It suffices to say that Patricia Reed consulted Dr. Spencer relative to hip pain. Mrs. Reed was ultimately admitted to the hospital where Dr. Spencer performed a femoral osteotomy, a procedure in which the femur is severed, the bone sections…