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SMILE v. LAWSON

No. 57622.

506 S.W.2d 400 (1974)

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. SMILE, Appellants, v. Sidney LAWSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer Denied March 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr., Independence, for appellants.

Karl W. Blanchard, Joplin, for respondent; Blanchard, Van Fleet, Robertson & Dermott, Joplin, of counsel.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer to Court en Banc Denied March 11, 1974.

HOUSER, Commissioner.

Loretta Mae Smile and her husband Paul brought suit against Sidney Lawson, D.O., for $470,000 damages for malpractice and loss of consortium, arising out of the performance by defendant of a thyroidectomy on Mrs. Smile. According to the petition the nervous structures of Mrs. Smile's throat were severed and irreparably damaged, resulting in paralysis of her vocal...

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