Cloys v. Turbin

AKIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted the defendants, Richard Tur-bin, M.D., and North Texas Family Practice Association, P.A., with whom Dr. Turbin is associated, in an action for medical malpractice brought by the plaintiff, Martha Cloys. Because the defendants have not negated, as a matter of law, the existence of one or more elements of Mrs. Cloys’ cause of action for negligence, we reverse the summary judgment and remand the case to the trial court.

Mrs. Cloys consulted Dr. Turbin in early June 1978, complaining of a cough and chest pain and of a mole-like growth…