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- Title: Paul Michael Adams and Joanne Adams v. J
- Author : First District No. 1-1179A 311 Court of Appeals of Indiana
- Release Date : January 07, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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ROBERTSON, P.J. This is a medical malpractice case. The facts, most favorable to the appellant, are that the plaintiff-appellant, Paul Michael Adams (Adams), first saw the defendant-appellee, Dr. J. Theodore Luros (Dr. Luros), in January 1973 for lower back pain, partial paralysis of his right leg and toe drop. Dr. Luros had been recommended by Adams's personal physician. Dr. Luros had Adams admitted twice to a hospital in Indianapolis and conducted extensive tests, but could not diagnose the problem. Adams contends that Dr. Luros told him to live with it until it got better or worse and Adams inferred he should come back if the condition worsened. This was in July of 1973. In 1976, Adams started experiencing difficulty with the leg beyond the problems he had earlier. Eventually, in 1977, after consulting other physicians, the proplem was diagnosed as a tumor in the middle region of Adams's spinal cord. The tumor was removed by surgery on March 17, 1977, but Adams was left without the use of his legs. Adams brought suit on February 26, 1979, contending that Dr. Luros failed to have ordered a myelogram made in the critical area and that such a failure constituted malpractice.