Connellan v. Coffey

On June 22d, 1933, the plaintiff, then thirteen years of age, sustained a compound fracture of the left arm by a fall from a tree. The defendant, a physician and surgeon, was called to attend him and treated him at home until June 29th, when he was removed to a hospital. Meanwhile gas gangrene infection had developed to such an extent that amputation of the arm was necessary. The plaintiff, in this action, alleged and offered evidence to prove that the occurrence of the infection, its development, and the consequences thereof were due to negligent treatment by the defendant in several…