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KEEL v. ST. ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER

No. 90-SC-689-DG.

842 S.W.2d 860 (1992)

Leslie KEEL, Appellant, v. ST. ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing, September 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Davidson, Covington, for appellant.

Gerald E. Benzinger, David V. Kramer, Deters, Benzinger & Lavelle, P.S.C., Covington, for appellee.

COMBS, Justice.

The issue in this medical malpractice case is whether expert testimony is necessary to support a patient's claim that a medical procedure was done without his informed consent, where the patient was given no information about the procedure, and where medical complications allegedly resulted. In the absence of expert testimony on this issue, the trial court granted summary judgment to the defendant medical center. The Court of Appeals affirmed, and...

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