Sims v. Moore
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Page Circuit Court. This is an action for damages caused, as it is alleged, by the failure of tbe defendant, who is a surgeon, to properly treat a dislocation of the elbow joint of plaintiff’s arm. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff*. Defendant appeals. ,
1Opinion of the CourtEothrook, J.
i. verdict: support'- surpracticed — I. The plaintiff, who is a minor, dislocated his elbow joint, while at play with some boys at school, in February, 1880. He testified upon the trial in the court below that he was past seventeen years old at the time of the trial, which occurred in December, 1880. Immediately after the accident, the defendant was called to treat the injury, and, with the assistance of Dr. Eckerson, the dislocation was, as the defendant claims, properly reduced, and the arm bandaged in the usual and proper manner. Sometime afterwards it was discovered that the arm was out…
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