Simms v. Gafney

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is a suit for damages for alleged malpractice prosecuted by appellant, H. L. Simms, against appellee, Dr. M. V. Gaf-ney, d/b/a Gafney Clinic & Hospital. The jury was instructed to find for the defendant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, for the reasons as recited in the judgment, “there being no competent evidence produced to be the basis of a finding of negligence” and “no competent evidence to establish any causal connection between the alleged acts of negligence and the results of the diagnosis and treatment by defendant o.f plaintiff’s wife.”

Mrs. Simms, in an…