Daughtry v. Kuiper

¶ 1. Patrick L. Daughtry, Jr. filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Warren County alleging medical malpractice based on a breach of the standard of care for a minimally qualified physician practicing surgery. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Dr. Kuiper. Aggrieved by the jury's verdict, Daughtry has appealed and raised the following issues which we quote verbatim:

I. Whether, as a matter of law, the Appellee, Hendrick K. Kuiper, M.D.'s own admission of the breach of the standard of care in failing to perform a total thyroidectomy, for which he admitted he had no reasonable…