HOOD v. PHILLIPS

No. 7769.

537 S.W.2d 291 (1976)

Shelton D. HOOD, Appellant, v. Dr. John R. PHILLIPS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Holloway, Houston, for appellant.

Howard S. Hoover, W. N. Arnold, Jr., Sandra K. Foster, Houston, for appellee.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice suit in which a judgment was rendered below for the defendant physician based upon a jury verdict which found, inter alia, that the defendant was not guilty of gross negligence in removing the carotid bodies from the neck as a treatment for emphysema. This appeal by the plaintiff patient is predicated upon his assertions that the trial court should have submitted the case on a theory of ordinary negligence, that records...

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