Jackson v. Gershon

Smith, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming a grant of summary judgment for appellee physician in this medical malpractice action. We reverse.

Appellant Irma Jackson was admitted to Paulding County Memorial Hospital on September 11, 1980, complaining of severe lower back pain and blood in her urine. Appellee Gershon, a urologist, first saw her on September 13 and recommended conducting a cystoscopy, a relatively simple procedure in which a “lighted telescope” is inserted through the urethra 1 into the bladder for inspection of the bladder’s…