Pry v. Jones

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal by Mrs. Shirley Pry from a judgment of the Miller County Circuit Court directing a jury verdict for the appellee-defendant, Dr. John Walter Jones, in a medical malpractice suit brought by Mrs. Pry.

The facts appear as follows: The appellant Mrs. Pry underwent surgery in a Texarkana hospital for the removal of a cyst from her right ovary. The condition was diagnosed and the surgery performed by Dr. Jones. In the course of the surgery the complete removal of the right ovary was found to be necessary and since Mrs. Pry’s uterus had been removed in the…