Cotton v. Gamble

MADDOX, Justice.

Plaintiff, Eunice Mae Cotton, filed suit against Gary Michael Gamble, alleging that his negligent operation of an automobile was the proximate cause of her injuries. The jury returned a verdict for defendant Gamble. Plaintiff Cotton appeals, claiming that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and that the trial court erred in allowing a medical doctor called by the defendant as a witness to comment and express an opinion upon the testimony and diagnosis given by the plaintiff’s personal physician.

Plaintiff Cotton was a passenger in an automobile being driven by…