Holly H. Poertner v. Robert L. Swearingen, M.D.

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Holly H. Poertner appeals the trial court’s order directing a verdict in favor of the defendant, Robert L. Swearingen, M.D., in her diversity action charging Swearingen with medical malpractice — failing to diagnose properly her motorcycle accident injury. The accident caused a blood clot to form either in her neck or in her skull. Poertner contends the clot formed in her neck. If so, and if Swearingen, to whom she had gone for treatment, had ordered her hospitalized overnight for observation, the clot likely would have been detected early and Poertner could have…