JACOB v. KIPPAX

Docket: Ken-09-414.

10 A.3d 1159 (2011)

2011 ME 1

Nancy JACOB v. Jan B. KIPPAX et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: January 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen E. Wolfram, Esq. , John P. Flynn, III, Esq. (orally), Daniel G. Lilley Law Offices, Portland, ME, for Nancy Jacob.

Alan G. Stone, Esq. (orally), Stephen B. Wade, Esq. , Adam R. Lee, Esq. , Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, Auburn, ME, for Jan B. Kippax and Androscoggin Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, P.A.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.


SILVER, J.

[¶ 1] Jan B. Kippax, an oral surgeon, treated Nancy Jacob in December of 2002. Jacob filed a claim alleging that Kippax was negligent in that treatment and failed to obtain informed consent before he performed a biopsy. After a trial, the jury returned a verdict finding that Kippax and his business Androscoggin Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons were not negligent and the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Jabar, J.) entered a judgment on the verdict...

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