Mohr v. Williams
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $20,000 damages for assault and battery consisting of an alleged unauthorized surgical operation performed by defendant upon plaintiff’s ear.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $20,000 damages for assault and battery consisting of an alleged unauthorized surgical operation performed by defendant upon plaintiff’s ear. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $14,322.50./P'rom separate orders granting a motion for a new trial and denying a motion for judgment, notwithstanding the verdict, plaintiff and defendant respectively appealed.^
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, J.2
Defendant is a physician and surgeon of standing and character, making disorders of the ear a specialty, and having an extensive practice in the city of St. Paul. He was consulted by plaintiff, who complained to him of trouble with her right ear, and, at her request, made an examination of that organ for the purpose of ascertaining its condition. He also at the same time examined her left ear, but, owing to foreign substances therein, was unable to make a full and complete diagnosis at that time. The examination of her right ear disclosed a large perforation in the lower portion of…
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