WILLIAMS v. CHAMBERLAIN

No. 46464.

316 S.W.2d 505 (1958)

Helen WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. G. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied October 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel B. Murphy, Cook, Fairfield, Howard & Murphy, St. Louis, Forrest L. Hill, Fayette, Missouri, for appellant.

Schaumburg & Martin, W. H. Martin, Boonville, Wilbur F. Daniels, Fayette, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied October 13, 1958.

EAGER, Judge.

This is an action for damages, of the type colloquially known as a malpractice case; the amounts prayed were $35,000 actual damages and $25,000 punitive damages. At the close of plaintiff's evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and, after an unavailing motion for new trial, plaintiff has appealed. Since the sufficiency of the evidence is the principal...

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