Webb v. Jarvis

BAKER, Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal, defendant-appellant, Orville Webb, M.D. (Dr. Webb) appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment. Dr. Webb moved for summary judgment against plaintiff-appellees, Thomas and Madeline Jarvis (Jarvis), 1 in their suit arising from Dr. Webb’s treatment of a patient who shot Jarvis. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Dr. Webb, who also holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology, is a family practitioner in New Castle, Indiana. In November of 1977, Dr. Webb became Michael Neal’s (Neal) physician. Though not trained in psychiatry or…