McGulpin v. Bessmer

The first count of plaintiff’s amended petition charges defendants, Drs. Bessmer and Middleton, and their employee, Dr. Spang, with want of due care, skill and knowledge in treating varicose veins in plaintiff’s leg, resulting in gangrene and amputation of the leg. The second count alleges defendants and Dr. Spang, following an operation on plaintiff’s leg, abandoned and without cause failed to treat him, so amputation of the leg was necessary.

A separate count in a supplemental petition alleges Dr, Spang, without due care and skill and by a gross technical error, mistakenly ligated and cut…