Legal Opinion
Christie v. Callahan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 23, 1941No. 7749PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.
The only question is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor.1 The suit was for malpractice. Defendants are physicians, specializing in X-ray work. They treated plaintiff for removal of a pilonidal cyst. He claims they gave him an overdose of X rays which caused him injury.
The question arises in two phases, causation and negligence. Our function is not to weigh the evidence factually as the jury does. It is to decide whether plaintiff’s case, as made, was strong enough for us to allow the jury to consider it. To…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Ewing v. GoodeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1897
- Commissioners of Marion County v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Barham v. WidingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Morrison v. MacNamaraDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Hazel Morgan Hicks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Peter L. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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