Estate of Treece v. Stillie

KENNEDY, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Samuel C. Treece, deceased, and his wife, Louise Treece, brought this action for medical malpractice against G.D. Stillie, D.O. They alleged and undertook to prove that Dr. Stillie had been negligent in failing to diagnose metastatic prostate cancer of the thoracic spine.

At the close of all the evidence, the trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. Plaintiffs have appealed from the ensuing judgment, claiming the evidence made a submissible case and the court was in error in sustaining the motion for a directed verdict.

The evidence…