KIEFFER v. MILLER

No. 7996.

560 S.W.2d 431 (1977)

Nelson KIEFFER et ux., Appellants, v. E. R. MILLER, M.D., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Taylor and Paul W. Pearson, Dallas, for appellants.

James S. Maxwell, Dallas, for appellees.


CLAYTON, Justice.

This is a malpractice case in which a directed verdict was entered for defendant. Plaintiffs have perfected an appeal urging that the trial court erred in refusing to grant plaintiffs' motions for continuance and their request for a writ of attachment to compel the attendance of a medical witness at the trial.

The evidence shows that approximately four years had transpired since the plaintiffs' cause of action accrued and the time of trial...

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