Murphy v. Little

Deen, Judge.

There is no serious contention that the evidence in the record would not be sufficient to authorize a finding that the ischemic contracture or withering of the plaintiff’s arm resulted from a circulatory embarrassment caused by excessive swelling of the arm within the rigid cast, and that if *519the cast had not been unyielding the circulation would not have been shut off when the swelling increased and the injury would not have occurred. From this it is argued that even in the absence of expert medical testimony for the plaintiff a jury question is presented as to whether the…