Thompson v. Mangham Home Care, Inc.

|,The defendants, Dr. Henry Zizzi and LAMMICO, and intervenor, The Patient’s Compensation Fund, appeal a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Shirley Thompson. The trial court found that Dr. Zizzi was negligent in leaving gauze in the plaintiff during surgery and awarded to plaintiff the amounts of $14,276.51 in medical expenses and $125,000 in general damages. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

In September 2008, Shirley Thompson saw her primary care physician, Dr. Thomas Colvin, with a complaint of boils or sores on her buttocks. Dr. Colvin prescribed antibiotics to treat the boils.…