Earl Q. Morse and Mrs. Earl Q. Morse v. Dr. Frederic A. Moretti and Doctors Hospital, Inc.

The plaintiffs in a medical malpractice suit appeal from a judgment based on a directed verdict for the defendants. They say the case should have gone to the jury.

Appellants are husband and wife. While the husband was a patient in Doctors Hospital, one of the appellees, the other appellee, Dr. Moretti, removed a cataract from his right eye and after-wards performed a similar operation on his left eye. A urinary infection developed in the left eye, further surgery was necessary, and as a result the eye is sightless.

The evidence must be construed most favorably to the appellants. Goodwin v.…