Myers v. Williams

The circuit court of Marion County entered judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Dr. L. E. Williams, and against plaintiffs, Ruth Ann and Larry Ray Myers, on plaintiffs’ malpractice claim. Plaintiffs have perfected the instant appeal. The facts are as follows.

On August 24, 1983, at approximately 11 a.m., plaintiff Ruth Ann Myers, a cleaning lady, “felt something pull in Pier] back” when she picked up the end of a couch while cleaning a client’s house. She finished the cleaning job, went home, did her own housework and prepared dinner for her husband and herself. Since her back…