Simon v. Kaplan

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff brought an action against defendant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by him through the negligence of defendant, a physician, in the use of an x-ray machine on plaintiff’s face in an endeavor to cure barber’s itch. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $4,500 and defendant appeals.

The record discloses that defendant is a physician licensed to practice in Illinois since 1913, and for a number of years has been associate professor at the Chicago Medical School where he teaches…