McLaughlin v. Griffith

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a directed verdict in Defendants’ favor in their medical negligence action.

We review the facts most favorably to Plaintiffs in determining if they made a submissible case. Boehm v. Per-noud, 24 S.W.3d 759, 761 (Mo.App.2000). Plaintiff Harry McLaughlin, then age 64, fell on his back from a two-foot stepladder. He remained in moderate discomfort several hours later, so his wife drove him to the Freeman Hospital emergency room for an X-ray. Defendant Dr. Griffith physically examined Mr. McLaughlin, diagnosed a dislocated left shoulder, and ordered…