GILBERT v. CAMPBELL

82-677.

440 So.2d 1048 (1983)

William P. GILBERT v. Dr. John H. CAMPBELL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Heninger of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellant.

Curtis Wright of Dortch, Wright & Russell, Gadsden, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

William Gilbert filed this medical malpractice action against Dr. John Campbell. Gilbert claims that Dr. Campbell negligently left a portion of a Penrose drain in his abdomen. At trial, after the close of the defendant's case, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant physician on the ground that there was no evidence of negligence. Gilbert appeals. We affirm.

In December 1979, Gilbert underwent an anterior resection of the colon...

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