Dolan v. O'Rourke

The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages against the defendant for alleged negligence in the administering of an anesthetic, claimed to be the proximate cause of the death of plaintiff’s wife.

The defendant is a dentist, and practiced his profession at Bowbells, North Dakota, for seven and one half years prior to March 13, 1926, on which date, the plaintiff, William Dolan, and his wife came to the defendant’s office for the purpose of having two of Mrs. Dolan’s teeth extracted. The teeth were badly abscessed. The patient had suffered much pain and had been unable to eat or sleep for…