RICKETT v. HAYES

No. 5-5676.

473 S.W.2d 446 (1971)

Richard W. RICKETT, Jr., Appellant, v. Harry HAYES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gentry & Huckabay, Little Rock, for appellant.

Smith, Williams, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, and J. D. Watson, Little Rock, for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

The critical point for review in this malpractice action is whether the circuit court abused its discretion in limiting the pretrial examination of an expert witness expected to be called by the appellee-defendant. The appellant-plaintiff filed his complaint alleging a cause of action for malpractice of Dr. Harry Hayes, a plastic surgeon in Little Rock, in the diagnosis and treatment of a fracture of appellant's lower jaw, sustained by him on July...

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