LAWS v. HARTER


534 S.W.2d 449 (1975)

John A. LAWS, Appellant, v. John S. HARTER, M.D., and Marvin A. Bowers, M.D., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan N. Leibson, J. Leonard Rosenberg, Louisville, for appellant.

John T. Ballantine, Ogden, Robertson & Marshall, Louisville, for appellees.


VANCE, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict which dismissed appellant's claim.

The appellant was admitted to St. Joseph's Infirmary where thoracic surgery known as a Heller Procedure was performed on February 29, 1968, by the appellee Dr. John S. Harter. This surgery did not give the desired results and on March 18, 1968 a second type of thoracic surgery known as...

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