BUCKROYD v. BUNTEN

No. 2-57228.

237 N.W.2d 808 (1976)

John P. BUCKROYD, by his next friend and mother, Mary Buckroyd, and Mary Buckroyd, Individually, Appellants, v. Ronald K. BUNTEN and John H. Kelley, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Brennan, of Stewart, Wimer, Brennan & Joyce, Des Moines, for appellants.

Michael Figenshaw, of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellees.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, LeGRAND, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

Plaintiff John Buckroyd appeals judgment entered for defendants after trial to the court of his medical malpractice action. The determinative question is whether the trial court erred in holding defendant Bunten's negligence could not be established without expert testimony. We affirm the trial court.

John was a minor when this action was commenced. He sued by his mother as next friend and she added her individual claim. When his mother...

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