COUCH v. HUTCHISON

No. 2158.

135 So.2d 18 (1961)

Richard M. COUCH, D.O., Alan J. Snider, D.O., individually, and Alan J. Snider, D.O., d/b/a Suncoast Osteopathic Hospital, Appellants, v. Willis W. HUTCHISON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Schuh, St. Petersburg, and T. Paine Kelly, Jr., of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellants.

B.J. Masterson of Masterson, Meros & Lloyd, St. Petersburg, for appellee.


WHITE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendants below from a final judgment on a verdict awarding the plaintiff $78,000 damages in a malpractice suit. The plaintiff was employed as a linen service truck driver before his back injury occurred. His injury was diagnosed as a herniated intervertebral disc resulting from throwing a bundle of dirty linen up and into the truck. Several osteopaths were consulted and they referred him to the appellants, Richard M. Couch...

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