Ferguson v. Gonyaw

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.

Plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action against Dr. Earl Gonyaw, an osteopathic physician, and a negligence action against Martin Place Hospital. The suits alleged that Dr. Gonyaw failed to use a requisite standard of care in treating the plaintiff’s back injury and that the hospital was negligent in allowing Dr. Gonyaw to be a staff member at the hospital. At the close of plaintiff’s proof, following a seven-day trial, the trial court granted the hospital’s motion for a directed verdict of no cause of action. After deliberating, the jury returned a verdict of no…