PURGASON v. DILLON

No. 7117SC7.

176 S.E.2d 889 (1970)

Catherine B. PURGASON v. Ruth R. DILLON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Orville Light and A. D. Folger, Jr., Scott, Folger & Webster, Madison, for plaintiff appellee.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, by David A. Irvin, Winston-Salem, for defendant appellant.


GRAHAM, Judge.

Defendant seeks a new trial only on the issue of damages for personal injuries.

Defendant's first assignment of error is that the court erred in allowing plaintiff's doctor to testify, in response to a hypothetical question, that plaintiff's hospitalization subsequent to the accident could, or might, have been caused by the accident. The doctor, who was stipulated to be a medical expert, testified that he had treated plaintiff for a diabetic...

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