1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 455 A.2d
  5. 455 A.2d 810 (1982)
 

PERKINS v. WINDSOR HOSPITAL CORP.

No. 387-80.

455 A.2d 810 (1982)

Carl PERKINS, Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Perkins, and Carl Perkins, Individually v. WINDSOR HOSPITAL CORP. d/b/a Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, Dale Gephart, M.D. and Kelley's Drugstore, Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Randall Brown, Woodstock, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kiel & Boylan, Springfield, Clifford M. Miller, Springfield (on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Theriault & Joslin, P.C., Montpelier, for defendant-appellee Kelley's Drugstore.

BARNEY, C.J., and BILLINGS, HILL, UNDERWOOD and PECK, JJ.

BARNEY, Chief Justice.

This is a medical malpractice action. In the fall of 1976, plaintiff Dorothy Perkins underwent an elective cholecystectomy at Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont. Prior to her release the defendant physician issued plaintiff a prescription for the drug Flagyl.1 The drug was prescribed in an effort to discover the cause of atypical cells, disclosed in plaintiff's routine pap smear test.

Plaintiff filled...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases