Wooley v. West

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

Medical malpractice case. Patient sued her orthopedic surgeon for damages from alleged negligence in performing a laminec-tomy. The jury in its answers to special issues failed to find negligence or damages. Therefore error, if any, in the court’s judgment is harmless since Mrs. Wooley complains only about the lack of liability findings in her favor.

Affirmed.

Dr. Raymond West performed back surgery on Clairece Wooley to remove a ruptured disc and to fuse the spinal column at the L-5 level. Complications arose during the procedure, including excessive bleeding and the…