Sims v. Brackett

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

B.C. Sims, plaintiff below, appeals a take-nothing judgment in a medical malpractice case. By eight points of error, he complains of adverse rulings by which the trial court excluded his expert witnesses and limited the presentation of evidence. We reverse and remand.

I. Facts

Sims entered Spohn Hospital for colon surgery, during which Dr. Fred Brackett removed a cancerous portion of Sims’s colon. Following surgery, Sims developed intestinal blockage which Dr. Brackett treated by non-surgieal methods, including administering large doses of Reglan, a drug used to increase…