Walters v. Smith

Helen Walters, the plaintiff in a personal injury case below, appeals from a judgment for the defendants for costs following the direction of a verdict for defendants at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case.

Mrs. Walters had suffered previous head injuries which had occasioned headaches, dizziness and speech difficulties. In 1951 a diagnosis was a carotid artery smaller than normal, which caused a markedly impaired blood supply to the brain. An operation was performed designed to dilate the arteries in the left side of her brain and establish circulation. There followed a complete occlusion…