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NICHOLS v. SMITH

No. 17365.

489 S.W.2d 719 (1973)

Geneva NICHOLS et vir, Appellants, v. Dr. Jack C. SMITH, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vecchio & Vecchio and James S. Vecchio, Arlington, for appellants.

Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Munn, William B. David and Richard L. Griffith, Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

This appeal is by the plaintiffs from a summary judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in a medical malpractice case.

The plaintiff, Geneva Nichols, and her husband alleged that on June 27, 1966, the defendant Dr. Jack C. Smith, performed an operation upon her for the purpose of repairing a hiatus hernia and that during the course of the operation defendant intentionally and negligently severed her vagus nerve, which...

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