Totten v. Adongay

337 S.E.2d 2 (1985)

Brady C. TOTTEN and Betty Totten

v.

Luis P. ADONGAY.

No. 16432.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 30, 1985.

James W. St. Clair, Marshall & St. Clair, Huntington, for appellant.

Jerry N. Ragan, Wood, Grimm & Delp, Huntington, for appellee.

McGRAW, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Wayne County awarding Dr. Luis P. Adongay, the defendant in this medical malpractice action, a directed verdict against Brady and Betty Totten, the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs instituted this action in the circuit court below on October 19, 1981, alleging that…