Powell v. Shull

BECTON, Judge.

I

Plaintiff fractured her arm in an automobile accident on 16 April 1977, and Dr. Shull treated her for the injury received. Alleging, among other things, (i) that Dr. Shull negligently performed closed reduction surgery of the fracture which resulted in a fibrous nonunion of the fracture; (ii) that Dr. Shull negligently failed to perform open reduction surgery; (iii) that plaintiff ultimately had to consult an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Larry Anderson, who performed “an open reduction and fixation of fibrous malunion with plate fixation and bone graft and excision of distal ulna .…