Coburn v. Moore

This is an action of tort against a physician. It is alleged in the first count that the defendant negligently treated the plaintiff’s intestate for a throat ailment and that because of such negligence the intestate died of pneumonia; and in the second count that the negligent treatment for a throat ailment caused conscious suffering by the intestate. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on each count. The defendant excepted to the denial of motions for directed *118verdicts, to the refusal of two requests for instructions, and to the admission of evidence.

The following facts could be…