Johnson v. Lawrence

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs Billy F. Johnson and his wife, Ellen C. Johnson, 1 filed their complaint against defendant J.W. Lawrence, a doctor of chiropractic, in which they alleged that Dr. Lawrence negligently treated plaintiff Billy F. Johnson, causing Mr. Johnson to have a stroke.

The case came on for trial and, at thé close of all the proof, the trial court directed a verdict as to a portion of plaintiffs’ claim and the jury returned a verdict for Dr. Lawrence as to the remainder.

Plaintiffs have appealed and assigned fifteen issues.

The pertinent facts out of which this claim arose are:…