Kitto v. Gilbert

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• surgeon liable for acts of anesthetist chosen by the surgeon and for hospital personnel assisting in operating room
• “To avoid confusing the jury, this instruction should not be given in a res ipsa loquitur case.”
• remand for new trial on issue of liability only warranted where damages determination presented to jury issues entirely distinct and separable and limited retrial could be accomplished without prejudicially indicating prior verdict
• appropriate to restrict scope of retrial when issues are sufficiently distinct such that determination of one issue would not affect resolution of the other and retrial can be accomplished without impeaching the prior verdict
• anesthesiology tube disconnected during surgery causing patient to injure eye
• expul-sive loss of eye during cataract surgery

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).