Parks v. Perry

BRASWELL, Judge.

Betty Parks awoke after surgery with a numb little finger and a partially numb ring finger on her right hand. Mrs. Parks and her husband, who has also sued for loss of consortium, con tend that she suffered severe ulnar nerve damage in her right arm at the level of the elbow due to the negligence of Dr. H. B. Perry, Jr. (Chief Surgeon), Dr. Franklin B. Wilkins (Assistant Surgeon), Louise Godwin (Nurse Anesthetist), and the Hugh Chat-ham Memorial Hospital. Following discovery, each defendant filed a motion for summary judgment which was granted by the trial court. The…