Stallings v. Ratliff

Bell, Judge:

Naomi Stallings brought this action for injuries she allegedly received as a result of the negligence of her physician, Dr. Jack Ratliff. The companion case involving a loss of consortium claim by her husband was consolidated for trial. Stallings alleges she suffered a perforation of her esophagus during an esophagoscopy undertaken without her informed consent. At the close of the evidence, the circuit court granted Ratliffs motion for a directed verdict. Stallings and her husband appeal. We reverse and remand.

Stallings works as a cook at a restaurant in Aiken. One day, while…