Raymond Graham v. Vernell R. Roberts

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Graham brought an action for malpractice against appellee Roberts, a local dentist, in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of appellant for $10,668.45. On motion for judgment non obstante verdicto, the District Court granted judgment for appellee on the ground there was not a sufficient showing of proximate cause by the appellant. Finding that the jury’s verdict was sufficiently well grounded in the evidence, we reverse the District Court’s judgment and reinstate the verdict of the jury.

The appellant Graham, a patient of the appellee Roberts, did not…