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BOTTGER v. CHEEK

No. 58120.

815 S.W.2d 76 (1991)

Lorna BOTTGER, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. Charles CHEEK, M.D., Defendant/Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied August 29, 1991.

Application to Transfer Denied October 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Davis, Christina Rush, Laurie Scully, St. Louis, for defendant/appellant.

Michael Stokes, Christiana Ann Gilsinan, St. Louis, for plaintiff/respondent.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied August 29, 1991.

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment in a medical malpractice case. A jury verdict awarded eight hundred thousand dollars in damages for negligent treatment of plaintiff following cataract surgery, resulting ultimately in the surgical removal of her left eye. We reverse and remand.

In 1984, plaintiff Lorna Bottger was informed by her optometrist...

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