Coffey v. Tiffany

JOHNSON, J. —

This is a malpractice suit. Defendants are practicing physicians in Kansas City and specialize in diseases of the eye. Each has had long experience in that profession and is recognized as a skillful and able practitioner. During the events in controversy Dr. Howard had his office with Dr. Tiffany and practiced both independently and as the assistant of Dr. Tiffany.

Plaintiff, a spinster forty-seven years of age, was a teacher of piano music and lived with her sister who was a school teacher. She had. always been nearsighted and had worn glasses since early youth. According to her…