Rothschild v. Barck

The defendant was a physician and the plaintiff was his patient. In November, 1923, he performed an operation upon her right eye to remove cataract. After the operation her eye became infected and her eyesight, already almost gone on account of the cataract, was not restored. She brought this suit September 20, 1924, to recover damages caused by defendant’s alleged negligence and lack of skill in connection with the operation.

The allegations of negligence are that the defendant unnecessarily cut and incised and punctured the parts adjoining the crystalline lens, and negligently failed to…