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BURCHFIELD v. GEITZ

No. 6372.

516 S.W.2d 229 (1974)

Mildred E. BURCHFIELD, Appellant, v. Marten GEITZ, M.D., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

October 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Burnett Associated, Richard J. Clarkson, Wm. Ruff Ahders, Odessa, Flahive & Ogden, R. M. Ogden, Austin, for appellant.

Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Inc., W. O. Shafer, James M. O'Leary, Odessa, for appellee.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case. The patient, Mrs. Mildred Burchfield, complained of the treatment she received following an operation on her back. It was the plaintiff's contention that the doctor negligently permitted an infection to occur postoperatively which caused her additional operations, expenses and suffering. Trial was to a jury and upon the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence the trial Court instructed a verdict in...

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