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GAMBILL v. STROUD

No. 75-80.

531 S.W.2d 945 (1976)

Richard GAMBILL et al., Appellants, v. Dr. Paul T. STROUD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMath, Leatherman & Woods, Little Rock, for appellants.

Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellee.

FOGLEMAN, Justice.

The appellants, the husband and the guardian of Yvonne Gambill, brought this action for damages assertedly resulting from medical malpractice. After an extended trial there was a verdict for the defendant, Dr. Stroud. The principal question on appeal is whether we should modify our prevailing "same or similar locality" rule in malpractice cases, by which a physician, surgeon, or dentist is held only to the standard of competence that obtains in...

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