John W. Sall v. Dr. Howard J. Ellfeldt and

The plaintiffs Sall, husband and wife, sued for personal injury to the husband and loss of consortium to the wife from the medical negligence of defendant physicians Ellfeldt, Hunt and Pryor, and Research Medical Center where the husband was a patient at the time of the alleged malpractice. The claim against Dr. Pryor was dismissed on pretrial motion, and prior to trial the plaintiffs settled their claims against Dr. Ellfeldt and the Research Medical Center for $230,000. There remained for trial the petition against the defendant Hunt and the crossclaims of physician Ellfeldt against Hunt and Research Hospital, and the cross-claim of physician Hunt against Ellfeldt.