ANDERSON v. HOOKER

No. 5898.

420 S.W.2d 235 (1967)

Edalene ANDERSON, a feme sole, Appellant, v. J. Patrick HOOKER, M.D., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Watts, William D. Kimbrough, Odessa, for appellant.

William L. Kerr, Kerr, Fitz-Gerald & Kerr, Midland, for appellee.


OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is a malpractice suit brought by the appellant against the appellee, asserting numerous counts of negligence in connection with surgery performed by the appellee on the appellant for removal of a cervical disc. It was alleged that the doctor-appellee should not have operated after he observed an X-ray picture, showing no bone defect in appellant's neck; operated on her until after...

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