Dobbins v. Gardner

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is' a malpractice case in which a verdict was instructed for the defendant.

Appellant brought suit for certain damages which she alleged she suffered as a result of a gauze pack having been left in her body unknown to her, after an operation. She produced no medical witnesses to establish negligence on the part of the eminent physician who treated her, nor to establish that the claimed damage was proximately caused by negligent treatment.To establish her case she relied on hospital records, her own testimony and the testimony of the defendant.

Dr. Gardner testified that…