Pruitt v. Zeiger

Larry Eugene Pruitt and Vicki Ruth Pruitt filed a medical malpractice action in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County on September 15, 1986, against Dr. H. Evan Zeiger, a neurosurgeon. Immediately before the case was to be tried, Dr. Zeiger filed a motion to strike the deposition of Dr. Lawrence C. Taylor, the Pruitts' sole expert witness. The trial court granted the motion and, after the Pruitts declined to go forward with their case, dismissed the case with prejudice. The Pruitts appeal from the judgment of dismissal. We affirm.

In 1984, Dr. Zeiger performed lumbar disc surgery on Larry…