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SMILE v. LAWSON

No. 52183.

435 S.W.2d 325 (1968)

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. SMILE, Appellants, v. Sidney O. LAWSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr., Kansas City, and Independence, for appellants.

Malcolm L. Robertson, Joplin, for respondent; Blanchard & Van Fleet, Joplin, of counsel.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is an action by a wife and her husband in two counts against a physician and surgeon for malpractice in the performance of an operation on the wife. In the first count the wife seeks $300,000 compensatory damages and $100,000 exemplary damages. Count two is for the recovery of the husband's expenses and loss of consortium; he prays for $20,000 compensatory damages and $50,000 exemplary damages. The...

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