Roark v. Peters

This is a suit for damages for physical injuries, pain, mental anguish, and expenses growing out of a Csesarean section operation performed upon Mrs. .Margery M. Roark by Dr. James I. Peters. The petition alleges that the operation was performed in a careless and negligent manner. There are several defendants, and plaintiffs pray for a judgment against them, in solido, for $26,996. The items of damage are enumerated as follows: $15,000, for which Mrs. Roark prays for judgment in her own right, for pain and mental anguish, and $5,000, as the cost of another operation which is alleged to be…