Jo Pearl Jeanes, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Joe Jeanes, Deceased v. E. L. Milner, William S. Orr and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff’s minor son, Tommy, died of cancer. His mother, administratrix of the estate, brought this malpractice action. She alleged that Dr. E. L. Milner, a throat specialist, was negligent in failing to properly diagnose, treat and manage her son’s case; that Dr. William S. Orr, a pathologist, was negligent in failing to diagnose tissue taken from her son’s throat as being malignant; and, that St. Vincent Infirmary 1 was responsible for Dr. Orr’s negligence. She further alleged that all defendants were negligent in failing to send slides of tissue taken from her…