DOBBINS v. GARDNER

No. 14272.

377 S.W.2d 665 (1964)

Margaret Wells DOBBINS, a feme sole, Appellant, v. Herman L. GARDNER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim S. Phelps and Bill Kilgarlin, Houston, for appellant.

Richard B. Miller and R. Gordon Gooch, Houston; Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, of counsel, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a malpractice case in which a verdict was instructed for the defendant.

Appellant brought suit for certain damages which she alleged she suffered as a result of a gauze pack having been left in her body unknown to her, after an operation. She produced no medical witnesses to establish negligence on the part of the eminent physician who treated her, nor to establish that the claimed damage was proximately caused by negligent treatment...

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