WIIK v. RATHORE


21 Mass. App. Ct. 399 (1986)

487 N.E.2d 235

MARTIN WIIK vs. AMINUDDIN RATHORE & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Rossman for the plaintiff.

Laurence J. Bloom for Aminuddin Rathore.

Philip E. Murray, Jr., for Susan M. Cid Espanola.

Present: GRANT, KAPLAN, & KASS, JJ.


KAPLAN, J.

On September 22, 1978, the plaintiff, Wiik, underwent a retropubic prostatectomy at Nashoba Community Hospital with the defendant Dr. Rathore as surgeon, and the defendant Dr. Espanola as anesthetist. In its main purpose, the operation was successful. Subsequently, however, the plaintiff complained of loss of sensation in the fourth and fifth fingers of his left hand, evidently the manifestation of an...

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