Lloyd v. Ray

OPINION

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a summary judgment proceeding involving the effect of a release executed by the plaintiff, Catherine Lloyd, in a prior suit against another doctor. Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment that she take nothing in her suit against Dr. Robert S. Ray, Individually and as Dr. Robert S. Ray Associates. Plaintiff will sometimes hereinafter be referred to as “Lloyd,” and defendant as “Dr. Ray.”

In 1973, Lloyd was fitted with an intrauterine device by a gynecologist, Dr. Juan Garcia-Perez. Several months later, Dr. Garcia-Perez purportedly removed the device and…