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- Title: Evelyn A. Tutton v. Dr. R. E. Patterson
- Author : Supreme Court of Tennessee
- Release Date : January 28, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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DROWOTA, J. Plaintiff, Evelyn A. Tutton, filed this medical malpractice action against Dr. R. E. Patterson and Saint Joseph Hospital, in which she alleged that the Defendants were negligent in leaving a laparotomy sponge in her abdomen during a caesarean delivery of her child and in failing, after surgery, to discover the existence of the sponge. Plaintiff settled her claim against Saint Joseph Hospital on the eve of trial for $40,000. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Ms. Tutton against Dr. Patterson in the amount of $78,498. The trial court denied Dr. Patterson's motion for a credit in the amount of the Saint Joseph Hospital settlement against the judgment rendered in this cause.