Williams Ex Rel. Williams v. Vandenhoven

OPINION ’

TACKETT, Justice.

This action was commenced in the District Court of San Juan County, New Mexico, to recover damages arising out of alleged medical malpractice. Trial was to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.

In October 196S, plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendant, a practicing physician in Farmington, New Mexico, alleging malpractice in treating the minor plaintiff for a fracture of his right forearm in October 1962, when the boy was seven years of age.

Plaintiffs allege several grounds of negligence on the part of defendant and further…