Gross v. Kelly

MILLIKEN, Justice.

On January 18 or 19, 1948, Mrs. Zella Kelly, a practical nurse about fifty-nine years of age, submitted to a beauty treatment at the hands of Mrs. Maysie Manning Gross, an experienced beautician. The treatment was intended to remove skin blemishes and wrinkles on Mrs. Kelly’s face and neck, but according to her petition the beauty preparation Mrs. Gross applied was so potent, powerful and dangerous “that as a direct and proximate result the plaintiff’s (Mrs. Kelly’s) kidneys were injuriously affected and blocked, her entire system rendered toxic, and her health permanently…