MERKLE v. ARMSTRONG

Civ. 951.

342 So.2d 788 (1976)

Dr. Bobby C. MERKLE v. Melvin G. ARMSTRONG, suing by and through Robert Lee Armstrong, his father and next of friend.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubbard H. Harvey, Demopolis, for appellant.

Henry Sanders, of Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders, Selma, for appellee.


BRADLEY, Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court of Perry County granting a motion for a new trial.

The action was commenced when Melvin C. Armstrong, a minor, suing by and through his father as next friend, filed a three count complaint alleging that the defendant, Dr. Bobby C. Merkle, was guilty of negligence, assault and battery, and wanton conduct as a result of removing three stitches from Armstrong's left wrist within a few minutes after...

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