Parks v. Northwestern University

The declaration in this case, after alleging that the appellee undertook, for hire, to teach the appellant the science of dentistry, dental surgery, etc., charged that the appellant received injuries resulting in the loss of an eye through the negligence of one of the professors employed by the appellee while the appellant was in his charge as a student in a class-room or laboratory of the appellee. A demurrer was sustained to the declaration by the superior court of Cook county and the cause dismissed, and this is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court for the First District…