Stohlman v. Davis

This is an action by Leroy Stohlman against Doctor B. B. Davis and another for malpractice. The jury found for *179plaintiff and against the defendant, B. B. Davis. The last named defendant appeals.

A brief summary of the facts developed at the trial is: The plaintiff, a youth of 18, was a sufferer of osteomyelitis. The seat of the trouble was in the right femur, a short distance above the knee. The onset of the disease first developed on November 10, 1923. He was taken from his farm home near Louisville, Nebraska, by his father, to the Clarkson hospital at Omaha, Nebraska, and there operated upon…