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OWEN v. WILSON

No. 76-4.

537 S.W.2d 543 (1976)

David A. OWEN and Juanita Owen, Appellants, v. Dr. F. M. WILSON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMath, Leatherman & Woods, Little Rock, for appellants.

Cathey, Goodwin & Hamilton, Paragould, for Dr. Henry W. Keisker.

Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, and Frierson, Walker, Snellgrove & Laser, Jonesboro, for appellees, Dr. F. M. Wilson and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

FOGLEMAN, Justice.

David A. Owen underwent abdominal surgery by Dr. F. M. Wilson, assisted by Dr. Henry S. Keisker, on February 6, 1969, in the operating room at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro. On June 10, 1975, Owen and his wife filed the complaint in this action against Drs. Wilson and Keisker and employees of the hospital, alleging that the physicians negligently closed the incision made for the operation without removing a surgical instrument they had introduced...

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