Fuller v. Starnes

Richard L. Mays, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment entered by the trial judge in a medical malpractice action after directing a verdict in favor of the defendant, Dr. C. W. Starnes,- at the conclusion of plaintiffs case in chief. Although plaintiff alleged that Dr. Starnes was negligent in prescribing Demerol to relieve pain of her late mother without disclosing adequate information about the perils of its use, plaintiff did not produce expert medical evidence to establish a disclosure standard for the jury to assess the reasonableness of Dr. Starnes’ conduct. The trial judge concluded…