Machado v. Mitamura

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

QUARLES, J.

The plaintiff, a woman of twenty, commenced this action against the defendant, a regular practicing physician, to recover damages claiined to have heen sustained by plaintiff by reason of the negligence of the defendant in treating her in a case of childbirth. The trial in the circuit court resulted in a verdict for $1,000 in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant then moved for a new trial upon a number of grounds, the first being that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a nonsuit, the second, third, fourth, *225fifth and sixth grounds being alleged…