Ellenbecker v. Volin

This is an action commenced by Jo Ann Ellenbecker, as plaintiff, against Verlynne V. Volin and Paul R. Billingsley, physicians and surgeons practicing as partners, defendants, to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff which, it is claimed, resulted from malpractice and lack of skill in performing an operation. The jury returned a verdict for defendants and plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that plaintiff consulted defendants as physicians and surgeons, and upon their advice *606submitted to an operation for the removal of an ovarian cyst, in which operation both…