Monroe v. Harper

This is an action for damages arising from a claim of medical malpractice. The district court of Lewis and Clark County, Hon. Peter G. Meloy, district judge, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. From the district court’s judgment of dismissal and refusal to grant a motion to vacate the same, plaintiff appeals.

On July 30, 1963, plaintiff William J. Monroe suffered injuries to his back as a result of an accident while he was employed by the Boland Development Company of Butte, Montana, as a contract miner in the Kelly shaft. He placed himself under the care of Dr. Jack R.…