Vayda v. De Witt

Plaintiff, a common laborer in the employ of Willetts Brothers in the erection” of a bridge in the city of Grand Haven, on December 8, 1930, was struck by an appliance on the dredge then in use and thrown into the water. His left arm was fractured between the elbow and the wrist. The defendant Dr. Cornelius Addison was called, and had him at once taken to the Hatton hospital in that city. After administering an anaesthetic, he “placed splints on the arm, wooden splints at above and below the arm and bandaged them on.” Several hours later, the plaintiff was permitted to go to his home and was…