Robbins v. Nathan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Charles Nathan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 4th day of November, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of November, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaycox, J.:
The plaintiff has recovered a verdict against the defendant for alleged malpractice. The defendant is a dentist. The facts, so far as necessary for the determination of this appeal, and taking the view of them most favorable to the plaintiff, are as follows:
*828The plaintiff went to defendant’s office and informed him that she had some trouble with her tooth — that it was “ bothering ” her. It was a crowned tooth with a false tooth supported by this crown. The defendant removed the crown, bored into the tooth, found that the tooth was not fully filled and that it emitted an offensive…
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