WADDELL v. JORDAN

SC 605.

302 So.2d 74 (1974)

Beverly WADDELL, as Administratrix of the Estate of Bobbie Jo Stewart, Deceased v. Dr. Charles D. JORDAN, Individually, and East Gadsden Clinic Professional Association.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Coleman, Birmingham, for appellant.

Inzer, Suttle, Inzer & Pruett, Gadsden, for appellees.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to exclude the evidence and in directing a verdict for defendants. We have concluded that the trial court did err and therefore reverse and remand this cause for a new trial.

The rule of our cases is that a case must go to the jury if there is a scintilla of evidence for the plaintiff.1 Moreover, on appeal from...

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