Buckroyd Ex Rel. Buckroyd v. Bunten

McCORMICK, Justice.

Plaintiff John Buckroyd appeals judgment entered for defendants after trial to the court of his medical malpractice action. The determinative question is whether the trial court erred in holding defendant Bun-ten’s negligence could not be established without expert testimony. We affirm the trial court.

John was a minor when this action was commenced. He sued by his mother as next friend and she added her individual claim. When his mother died in 1972 John continued the action in his own right. He was 20 at the time of trial.

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