Date: 08-31-2000

Case Style: Donald Martin v. Dr. Alan Catterson/Kelsey Seabold Clinic

Case Number: 1994-10440

Judge: Harvey Brown

Court: 152nd District Court, Harris County, Texas

Plaintiff's Attorney: Jim Perdue, Jr. and Parker Binion, Houston, Texas

Defendant's Attorney: Jeff McClure, Houston, Texas

Description: Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff went to the doctors for a bump on his head. the Doctor failed to detect skin cancer when the plaintiff was examined in 1987. The correct diagnosis wasn't made until 1993. The plaintiff died from the cancer in 1996.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $1.6 million.

Plaintiff's Experts: Scott Dinehart, M.D., Dermatology, Little Rock, Arkansas ; Donald Carville, M.D., Dermapathology, Albuquerque, New Mexico ; Leo Williams, M.D., Pathology, Houston, Texas

Defendant's Experts: John E. Wolf, Jr., M.D., Dermatology, Houston, Texas ; Michael Crouch, M.D., Family Practice, Houston, Texas ; Daniel Lehane, M.D., Oncology, Houston, Texas

Comments: Reported by SS