REAMS v. STUTLER


642 S.W.2d 586 (1982)

G.B. REAMS, M.D., Movant, v. Mary STUTLER, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert F. Stutler, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Williams, Jr., Robert P. Woods, Gray, Woods & Cooper, Ashland, for movant.

Gary Gardner, James M. Auser, Louisville, Thomas M. Howe, Ashland, for respondent.


CLAYTON, Justice.

Mary Stutler, as administratrix of her husband's estate, was awarded $75,000 by a jury in Boyd Circuit Court in an action for personal injuries and wrongful death against movant, G.B. Reams, M.D. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court. We granted discretionary review.

Robert Stutler, decedent, was admitted to Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland on May 31, 1973, for treatment of duodenal ulcers. Dr. Reams, a general...

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