BEARDSLEY v. WIERDSMA

Nos. 5662, 5672.

650 P.2d 288 (1982)

Nancy BEARDSLEY, et al., Fannie Jo Counts, et al., Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. John WIERDSMA, M.D.; Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs, Wyoming; and Davol, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Richard Meyer of Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, Jackson, for appellants.

R.R. Bostwick of Murane & Bostwick, Casper, for appellee John Wierdsma.

Joseph E. Vlastos of Vlastos, Reeves & Murdock, P.C., Casper, for appellee Memorial Hosp. of Sweetwater County.

T. Michael Golden of MacPherson, Golden, Brown, & Dirck, Rawlins, for appellee Davol, Inc.

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.


BROWN, Justice.

This case involves two separate actions which were consolidated for review. Appellants filed suit against the appellees seeking damages resulting from unsuccessful tubal ligations. There are several categories of appellants here.

Eighteen appellants had tubal ligations so that they would become sterile, but instead became pregnant. They were plaintiffs below. At the time of the suits eleven of these...

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