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COULTER v. THOMAS

No. 1998-SC-000795-DG.

33 S.W.3d 522 (2000)

Shirley COULTER and Thomas Coulter, Appellants, v. J. Kent THOMAS, M.D. and Louisville S.C., Ltd., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Amended December 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eli J. George, Jr., Louisville, for Appellants.

Susan D. Phillips, William P. Swain, Phillips Parker Orberson & Moore, PCL, Douglass Farnsley, Catherine Murr Young, Sites & Harbison, Louisville, for Appellees.

STUMBO, Justice.

We granted discretionary review in this personal injury case to determine what is required to effectively revoke consent to a medical procedure in progress and whether a jury should be instructed on the claim of battery where the defendant refuses to comply with a patient's request that treatment stop.

I. FACTS

Shirley Coulter, Appellant, consulted ophthalmologist Dr. Kent Thomas, Appellee...

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