Van Sickle v. Doolittle
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sioux District Court. — W. D. Boies, Judge. Action for damages consequent on alleged malpractice resulted in a directed verdict for defendant and judgment thereon. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiff brought this action as administrator of the estate of his deceased daughter, Marjorie Van Sickle, who died at the age of nine years and some months, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1911. She appears to have been in good health until the Saturday previous, and then complained only of a headache. On Sunday, as she had not recovered, the defendant, a physician of the homeopathic school of medicine, was called, and treated her until Wednesday afternoon, when she died. The allegations of the petition are that defendant failed to exercise ordinary care and skill in endeavoring to cure the child…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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