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TRUHITTE v. FRENCH HOSPITAL

Docket No. 4626.

128 Cal.App.3d 332 (1982)

180 Cal. Rptr. 152

DOROTHY MARY TRUHITTE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FRENCH HOSPITAL, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent; R. MARSHALL JELDERKS, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Duenow, Burke & Smith and E. Jeffrey Burke for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Korman Dorsey Ellis and Margo Davis for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Archbald & Spray, John Patrick McEvoy and Douglas B. Large for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.

OPINION

HANSON (P.D.), J.

This is an action for medical malpractice for failure to remove a large surgical sponge from plaintiff and respondent Dorothy Mary Truhitte's abdomen during a hysterectomy. The sponge or "GYN tape" remained undiscovered for more than two years, causing serious complications; it was removed in a second surgery. Plaintiff then suffered a total bowel obstruction requiring a third operation.

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