BURKS v. MEREDITH

No. 5669.

546 S.W.2d 366 (1976)

Benjamin Frederick BURKS et al., Appellants, v. Dr. D. W. MEREDITH, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hurley & Sowder, Lubbock, Kolander & Templeton, Amarillo, for appellants.

Stokes, Carnahan & Fields, Richard E. Stokes Jr., Amarillo, Bill Sheehan, Sheehan & Dubuque, Dumas, for appellee.


OPINION

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by appellants (parents, widow, and son of Gary Burks), from take nothing judgment rendered against them on a jury verdict, in a medical malpractice suit against appellee Dr. Meredith.

Appellants filed malpractice suit against appellee Dr. Meredith alleging Gary Burks entered Dumas Hospital on November 30, 1974 after having been shot thru the abdomen; that Dr. Meredith (a general practitioner who...

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