HAUPT v. KUMAR

No. CA 08-229.

288 S.W.3d 704 (2008)

Charles Murray HAUPT, Appellant, v. Udaya KUMAR, M.D., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

October 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Brad Hendricks Law Firm, by: Lamar Porter; and James Swindoll, Little Rock, for appellant.

Anderson, Murphy & Hopkins, LLP, by: Overton S. Anderson and Brett D. Watson, Little Rock, for appellee.


JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict granted to the defendant-appellee physician in a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff-appellant patient asserts that the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict because he had established a prima facie case and because material questions of fact remained for the jury with respect to negligence and proximate cause. We agree, and we reverse and remand.

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