Bilderback v. Priestley

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

BISSETT, Justice (Assigned).

The opinion and judgment of this Court of February 28, 1986 are withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor. Dr. Bilderback’s motion for rehearing, in part, is granted.

This is a medical malpractice case. Otho M. Priestley was plaintiff in the trial court and Robert D. Bilderback, M.C., was defendant therein. The case was tried to a jury, which answered favorably to plaintiff. Judgment was signed on January 8, 1985, wherein plaintiff recovered, as damages, the sum of $13,673.08, plus post-judgment interest thereon at the…