Gresham v. Ford

In this case the jury found that Dr. Gresham had been guilty of malpractice for which Mrs. Ford was entitled to the damages awarded. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment entered by the Trial Court on that verdict. The controlling question made in each Court by Dr. Gresham’s motion for a directed verdict is whether the jury’s verdict is supported by any material evidence. That is the question here, certiorari having been granted.

Mrs. Ford was about forty years old at the time of the alleged malpractice. She had undergone four major abdominal operations and a number of minor ones, and…