Legal Opinion
Hawks v. DeHart
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 17, 1966No. Record 6070PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was begun by a motion for judgment filed March 23, 1963, by Mrs. Callie H. Hawks, plaintiff, against Dr. Rufus DeHart, defendant, for damages alleged to have been caused by his negligence in leaving a surgical needle in her neck in the course of a goiter operation performed by him in April, 1946. Dr. DeHart died within a few days after process was served on him and the action was revived against his administratrix.
A jury was impaneled and the plaintiff introduced her evidence. At its conclusion, on motion of defendant, the court struck it out and entered summary judgment for the…
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