Hoffman v. Watkins
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Sheeks, J., entered March 20, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for malpractice.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Respondent sought in this action to recover damages against appellant, a physician, for alleged malpractice in the treatment of an injury to one of respondent’s *119shoulders. The complaint stated a cause of action in tort, the allegations being, that respondent carelessly and negligently treated the shoulder and carelessly and negligently failed to properly examine the shoulder and ascertain its true condition; that appellant improperly diagnosed respondent’s injury as a sprain and treated it accordingly, when, as a matter of fact, the shoulder was dislocated; and that, because of appellant’s…
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