Krueger v. Chase
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: CarltoN Merrill, Acting Municipal Judge. Malpractice. G. R. Hickey is a dentist engaged in the practice of his profession at Green Bay. As a result of a prior examination and consultation, on January 18, 1918, the plaintiff went to St. Vincent Hospital,, wheie she was anesthetized, her family physician, Dr. R. M. Burdon, administering the anesthetic, and Dr. Hickey removed eleven teeth.
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Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court of Brown county: CarltoN Merrill, Acting Municipal Judge. Malpractice. G. R. Hickey is a dentist engaged in the practice of his profession at Green Bay. As a result of a prior examination and consultation, on January 18, 1918, the plaintiff went to St. Vincent Hospital,, wheie she was anesthetized, her family physician, Dr. R. M. Burdon, administering the anesthetic, and Dr. Hickey removed eleven teeth. Just prior‘to the operation Dr. Hickey again examined the plaintiff’s mouth and teeth, discovered no fillings, and discovered no fillings at the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 4, 1920:
Rosenberry, J.
The defendant contends, first, that'no actionable negligence was proved; and second, that the in*166jury was the result-of unavoidable accident. The plaintiff contends, first, that the defendant was negligent in failing to protect the throat of the plaintiff by failing to place a sponge or packing in plaintiff’s throat before he operated upon each tooth; and second, that he was negligent in failing to observe the filling, to discover that it was missing, 'when he extracted the tooth, and in failing to make search for the missing part. •
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