ABSTON v. BRYAN

No. 86-1889.

519 So.2d 1125 (1988)

Dorothy Fay ABSTON, et al., Appellants, v. Floyd T. BRYAN, M.D., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Ranson, III, Orlando, for appellants.

Geoffrey D. Ringer, of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., Orlando, for appellee Bryan.

Gregory S. Stark, Orlando, for appellee Holmes Regional.


COBB, Judge.

The plaintiffs below, Dorothy and Ernest Abston, sued Dr. Bryan and Holmes Regional Medical Center for medical malpractice, alleging the defendants were negligent in allowing a foreign object (a laparotomy pad) to be left in Dorothy's body during surgery performed on January 11, 1984. As a result, she suffered pain and discomfort, necessitating a second surgical procedure on January 24, 1984, to remove the pad and an infected rib area.

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