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KOVACS v. FREEMAN

Nos. 96-SC-420-DG, 96-SC-1063-DG.

957 S.W.2d 251 (1997)

Andrew J. KOVACS, M.D., Appellant, v. George FREEMAN and Oreida Freeman, Appellees. George FREEMAN and Oreida Freeman, Cross-Appellants, v. Dennis Roger LANE, M.D. and Andrew J. Kovacs, M.D., Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret M. Pisacano, Stites & Harbison, Lexington, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee Kovacs.

Gary L. Gardner, C. David Ewing, Anne Milton McMillin, Gardner, Ewing & Souza, Louisville, for Appellees.

John G. Prather, Jr., Somerset, for Cross-Appellee Lane.

GRAVES, Justice.

The issue in this case concerns the extent of authority granted by a hospital consent form to a surgeon who was not listed in the form. The Pulaski Circuit Court entered a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of Dennis Lane, M.D. and Andrew Kovacs, M.D., finding that Dr. Kovacs had the oral consent of Appellee, George Freeman, to perform surgery. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded...

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