Clark v. Norris

This case was tried to a jury in the First Judicial District in and for Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The defendant doctor was found not negligent and the plaintiff patient appeals. We affirm.

Appellant, Valorie Clark, charged defendant, Dr. Tom Norris, with medical negligence due to the perforation of her uterus during the course of a surgical procedure known as a dilation and curettage (D&C), which also resulted in damage to her small intestine. At the time of the incident, December 5, 1979, Clark was a twenty-eight year old mother of two. About six weeks after she was diagnosed as…