LEA v. FAMILY PHYSICIANS, P. A.

No. 74-2925.

517 F.2d 797 (1975)

Trecie J. LEA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FAMILY PHYSICIANS, P. A., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Stewart, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Herbert W. Peterson, T. M. Conway, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case in which a jury verdict of $50,000 in favor of the plaintiff-appellant was subsequently set aside by the entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The only issue in this appeal is whether that judgment conforms to Boeing Company v. Shipman, 5 Cir., 1969, 411 F.2d 365.

In the year 1972, Mrs. Trecie Lea, age seventy two, lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She...

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