Ritter v. Sivils

This is an appeal by the defendant, a chiropractic physician, from a judgment of the circuit court which was entered in a malpractice action and which awarded the plaintiff damages totaling $10,000. The judgment is based upon the verdict of a jury.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff employed the defendant in July, 1951, “to treat him for a mild external and internal hemorrhoid condition. ’ ’ The complaint contains the following specifications of its charges of negligence:

“1. Giving a canstic and sclerosing injection for the treatment of hemorrhoids, the type and severity of plaintiff’s…