SWOPE v. PRINTZ

No. 54586.

468 S.W.2d 34 (1971)

Virginia SWOPE and Opie Swope, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Joseph H. PRINTZ, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

June 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Scott Kelly, Jr., Phil M. Cartmell, Jr., Tucker, Murphy, Wilson, Lane & Kelly, Kenneth I. Grissinger, Kansas City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

William H. Woodson, Jerome T. Wolf, Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, for defendant-appellant.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

Virginia Swope and her husband Opie recovered judgments of $32,000 and $6,000, respectively, against Joseph H. Printz, M. D., a surgeon, for malpractice and loss of consortium. On appeal defendant seeks reversal of the judgments, claiming that the action is barred by limitations, and that the evidence of negligence and causation is insufficient. Alternatively, defendant asks for a new trial for procedural...

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