Beck v. German Klinik
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. W. P. Brannan, Judge. Action to recover for malpractice and want of care in tke treatment of a broken leg of plaintiff. There was a trial to a jury and a verdict for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. -
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The defendant, the German Klinik, is an incorporation, whose business appears to be connected in some way with the treatment of diseased and inj ured persons. The defendants Gustave Hoepfner and others are members of the incorporation, and surgeons and physicians having charge of the patients treated by the incorporation. Plaintiff, by some accident, broke the bones of his left leg, and employed defendants to treat him. After treatment, according to the usual course pursued by surgeons, which was once or twice renewed, by reason of the fact that the patient had not wholly recovered, the…
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