Legal Opinion
Arguello v. Gutzman
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided June 24, 1992No. 04-91-00362-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUTTS, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Dr. Dennis Gutz-man in a medical malpractice action brought by Pete and Mercy Arguello.
Pete Arguello consulted Dr. Gutzman on April 9, 1987, complaining of pain in his right knee. Gutzman diagnosed the condition as a torn medial meniscus and operated on April 24. During the surgery, Dr. Gutzman discovered a bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus. In the attempt to repair the meniscus, one of the jaws of the instrument he was using broke and went into Arguello’s knee. Unable to locate the broken piece…
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