Govin v. Hunter

The only question presented on appeal in the instant case is whether or not sufficient evidence was offered in the trial below to go to the jury. The case involved a claim on the part of Lawney Estelle Govin and her husband, Jerry Francis Govin, for injury allegedly caused by Dr. Richard T. Hunter, a practicing physician, in a surgical operation performed upon the right leg of Mrs. Govin for correction of a varicose-vein condition and the stripping of a vein. At the close of all the testimony on behalf of both sides, the trial court, considering the evidence insufficient to support the asserted claim, granted a directed verdict in favor of the doctor.