ACORD v. PORTER

No. 119,537.

475 P.3d 665 (2020)

Reiferd ACORD, Appellant, v. Scott W. PORTER, M.D.; Thomas R. Resch, M.D.; Paul B. Harrison, M.D.; Tyler H. Ternes, M.D.; James B. Winblad, M.D.; Jeffrey S. Kao, M.D.; and Arti Gupta, M.D., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed September 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Shultz , of Shultz Law Office, P.A., of Wichita, for appellant.

Matthew A. Spahn , of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, for appellees Scott W. Porter, M.D. and Paul B. Harrison, M.D.

Gregory S. Young , Brian L. White , and Mark R. Maloney , of Hinkle Law Firm LLC, of Wichita, for appellees Thomas R. Resch, M.D., James B. Winblad, M.D., and Jeffrey S. Kao, M.D.

Before Arnold-Burger, C.J., Bruns and Schroeder, JJ.


In this medical malpractice action, Reiferd Acord appeals from the district court's pretrial rulings on certain motions as well as from the jury's verdict in favor of the defense. The action arises out of a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair surgical procedure performed by Scott W. Porter, M.D. and Thomas R. Resch, M.D. at Wesley Medical...

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