Goodnight v. Phillips

PEDEN, Justice.

Appeal by the heirs of Chester Goodnight, deceased, from a take-nothing judgment in a suit against the appellee, Dr. Phillips, alleging medical malpractice and breach of contract in connection with an operation he performed in 1960 to repair Mr. Goodnight’s inguinal hernia. The patient has since died of causes not claimed to have been connected with the operation. The plaintiffs alleged in their petition that the doctor’s negligence resulted in permanent injury to the decedent’s left thigh and left testicle, that the patient’s informed consent to the surgery was not given and…