TROUTMAN v. CURTIS

No. 94,667.

185 P.3d 930 (2008)

Sandra TROUTMAN, Larry Gales, and Gerald Crooks, Appellants, v. Jeffrey CURTIS, M.D.; Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc.; and Perclose, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

June 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Todd Hiatt, of Ralston, Pope & Diehl, L.L.C., of Topeka, argued the cause, and Eugene B. Ralston and Kevin L. Diehl, of the same firm, were with him on the briefs for appellants.

Donald Patterson, of Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, LLP, of Topeka, and Brian J. Mooney, of Gordon & Rees LLP, of San Francisco, California, argued the cause and were on the briefs for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BEIER, J.:

Plaintiffs Sandra Troutman, Larry Gales, and Gerald Crooks brought this action after they suffered complications arising out of cardiac catheterization procedures. We accepted their petition for review of the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the district court's summary judgment in favor of defendant Perclose, Inc. (Perclose), the maker of the suturing device used in plaintiffs' procedures.

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