CARTER v. ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY

No. CA 84-409.

690 S.W.2d 741 (1985)

15 Ark.App. 169

Damon H. CARTER, Appellant, v. ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

June 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill, Johnson, Gill & Gill by B. Kenneth Johnson, Dumas, for appellant.

John Dewey Watson, Kevin A. Crass, Little Rock, for appellee.


CORBIN, Judge.

An action for damages resulting from alleged malpractice was initiated by appellant, Damon H. Carter, against appellee, St. Vincent Infirmary, in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County. A jury returned a verdict for appellee. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In January of 1979, appellant entered St. Vincent Infirmary. He had surgery identified as a gastric resection on January 8, 1979. A second operation was performed on January 16, 1979...

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