Barker v. Heaney

MURRAY, Justice.

The parties will here be designated plaintiff and defendants, as they were in the trial court.

This suit was instituted by Ramona Barker, as plaintiff, against four physicians, Doctors Harry G. Heaney, J. Nast, Burch Thompson, and E. F. Stroud, seeking to recover damages accruing to her by virtue of the death of her husband, Cleveland (Cleve) Barker, alleged to be the result of the negligent acts of the above-named defendants while performing an operation upon the deceased.

The case was tried to a jury. The court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of Dr. J. Nast…