CROOKS v. GREENE

No. 59,054

12 Kan. App. 2d 62 (1987)

736 P.2d 78

JULIE C. CROOKS, Conservator for David A. Williams, and DAVID A. WILLIAMS, individually, Appellants, v. HORACE T. GREENE, M.D., and JANE C. STORMONT HOSPITAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, a Kansas non-profit corporation, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Diehl and Eugene B. Ralston, of Eugene B. Ralston and Associates, of Topeka, for the appellants.

Jeffrey W. Jones and Thomas L. Theis, of Sloan, Listrom, Eisenbarth, Sloan and Glassman, of Topeka, for the appellee Horace T. Greene, M.D.

Wayne T. Stratton and Les E. Diehl, of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer, of Topeka, for the appellee Jane C. Stormont Hospital and Training School for Nurses.

Before BRISCOE, P.J., REES and BRAZIL, JJ.


BRISCOE, J.:

This is a medical malpractice case brought by plaintiff David A. Williams, through his conservator, against Dr. Horace Greene and Stormont-Vail Hospital. The trial court granted summary judgment in defendants' favor and plaintiffs appeal.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants based on plaintiffs' failure to obtain expert testimony to establish proximate cause.

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