Kennedy v. Monroe

Plaintiff, Jack D. Kennedy, brought this action to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a rear end collision on October 5, 1972. Liability was determined in plaintiff’s favor by summary judgment and the case proceeded to trial on the issue of damages only.

The defendants appeal from judgment on a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $7,775, and the assignments of error present the following issues for our resolution.

I. May a nontreating physician who has examined a party for the sole purpose of qualifying as an expert witness at trial relate what that party told him concerning the…