Rodriguez v. Reeves

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice action from which appellant sought damages due to the death of her husband, Salvador Rodriguez. Appellant sought to prove that her husband’s death was proximately caused by appellees’ negligence. After appellant presented her evidence at trial, appellees were granted directed verdicts, resulting in this appeal.

The facts are as follows. On Friday evening, September 21, 1979, appellant’s husband, Salvador Rodriguez, was complaining of a sore throat. The next morning his sore throat worsened. Mrs. Rodriguez drove her husband to Doctor’s…