# Mitchell v. Hadl

> Kentucky Supreme Court · September 26, 1991 · 816 S.W.2d 183

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9667148

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard MITCHELL, M.D., Appellant, v. Thomas HADL, Appellee
- **Court:** Kentucky Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 26, 1991
- **Citations:** 816 S.W.2d 183; 1991 Ky. LEXIS 139; 1991 WL 189194
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Combs
- **Judges:** Combs, Lambert, Stephens, Leibson, Reynolds, Spain, Wintersheimer
- **Cited by:** 65 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that Supreme Court rarely rules on issues not raised by parties as ”[o]r-dinarily, this Court confines itself rather closely to deciding only those issues which the parties present. We take the view that counsel and the courts below have sufficiently identified the iss…
- holding that Supreme Court rarely rules on issues not raised by parties as "[o]rdinarily, this Court confines itself rather closely to deciding only those issues which the parties present. We take the view that counsel and the courts below have sufficiently identified the issu…
- holding the Supreme Court confines its rulings to those issues presented by the parties

## Opinion text

COMBS, J.,
dissents and would affirm the Court of Appeals on the ground that the requirements of the “contact rule” were satisfied by the exploratory surgery.

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