Baudenbach v. Schwerdtfeger

The plaintiff sued two defendants — the appellant Schlesinger and Dr. Schwerdtfeger — because Schlesinger, who conducted a laboratory, negligently manufactured for injection into the plaintiff by the doctor a vaccine which contained pus-producing germs and caused an abscess on her leg and because the doctor negligently administered the vaccine and neglected the plaintiff after she was poisoned by it. The jury exonerated the doctor and held the manufacturer of the vaccine responsible in negligence for plaintiff’s suffering in the sum of $5,000 damages. The appellant Schlesinger contends that…