LANGER v. OSWALT

88-375.

545 So.2d 767 (1989)

Linda Faye LANGER v. Guy Coleman OSWALT, Jr., M.D.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Dutton of Pittman, Hooks, Marsh, Dutton & Hollis, Birmingham, for appellant.

W. Boyd Reeves and Edward A. Dean of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellee.


ADAMS, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case. The appellant, Linda Faye Langer, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of Dr. Guy Coleman Oswalt, Jr.

The issue in this case centers around Dr. Oswalt's treatment of a large staghorn kidney stone that had been found in Ms. Langer's left kidney. On December 14, 1984, Dr. Oswalt attempted to remove the stone by a procedure known as percutaneous ultrasonic lithotripsy. During the procedure, the stone...

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