Smile v. Lawson

435 S.W.2d 325 (1968)

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. SMILE, Appellants,

v.

Sidney O. LAWSON, Respondent.

No. 52183.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 25, 1968.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1968.

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr., Kansas City, and Independence, for appellants.

Malcolm L. Robertson, Joplin, for respondent; Blanchard & Van Fleet, Joplin, of counsel.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is an action by a wife and her husband in two counts against a physician and surgeon for malpractice in the performance of an operation on the wife. In the first count the wife seeks $300,000 compensatory damages and $100,000…