(DOWNLOAD) "Jesse K. Grabert v. Dr. Robert Lightfoot" by Supreme Court of Alabama * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jesse K. Grabert v. Dr. Robert Lightfoot
- Author : Supreme Court of Alabama
- Release Date : January 16, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Jesse K. Grabert was diagnosed by his personal physician as having a hernia in the left groin area and was referred to Dr.
Robert Lightfoot for surgery. On May 1, 1987, Dr. Lightfoot operated on Grabert but failed to locate the hernia. On June 8,
1987, after Grabert continued to have symptoms, Dr. Lightfoot informed Grabert that he did indeed have a hernia and offered
to perform another operation at no charge. Grabert declined and had Dr. Rudolph Bourgeois perform the operation. During that
operation on June 26, 1987, Dr. Bourgeois located the hernia. This operation left Grabert impotent; it also left him unable to perform the type of work he had previously done. Grabert
filed suit against Dr. Lightfoot on May 12, 1989; Dr. Lightfoot moved for summary judgment, alleging that the two-year statute
of limitations in Ala. Code 1975, § 6-5-482 had expired prior to the filing of the lawsuit. The trial court granted
Dr. Lightfoot's motion. Grabert appealed from the summary judgment.