Harris v. Wood

Peterson, Justice.

Action for wrongful death caused by defendant’s malpractice. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered after the court denied his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of plaintiff.

In accordance with the rule in such cases, we shall consider the evidence in a view most favorable to the verdict.

The decedent, Edward Donald Harris, was the adopted son of plaintiff and her husband. At the time of his death he was 25 years old and in good health. He was of good character, excellent habits, industrious, capable, and well disposed toward his parents, with whom…