Ryne v. Garvey

Fain, Judge.

Defendant-appellant John Garvey, M.D., appeals from a medical malpractice judgment rendered against him in connection with the death of plaintiff-appellee’s decedent George W. Ryne. A jury found Ryne twenty-five percent negligent. The judgment recovered against Garvey was for $120,000 in compensatory damages, $3,251.68 in funeral expenses, and court costs.

Garvey contends that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We conclude that the trial court properly overruled the motion.

I

Ryne went to see his family doctor, William A. Erwin,…