Waters v. Smith

This medical malpractice action on behalf of an incompetent was instituted on 24 February 1970 by Oscar and Edith Waters, the parents of Marion Bertha Long, the incompetent, who had qualified as her committee in January, 1969. Named as defendants were Stedman W. Smith, M.D., William S. Womack, M.D., B. A. Rimer, M.D., and Robert H. Johnson, Jr., M.D., who were associated with Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury in 1960 at the time of the alleged malpractice. Following protracted pretrial discovery and numerous postponements, the case finally came to trial on 23 October 1973 before Judge…