Legal Opinion
Ratchford v. Mutual Benefit Health Accident Assn.
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided September 25, 1961No. File No. 71492PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Dr. Matthew Francis Ratchford in 1930 began practice as a specialist in oral surgery and extraction in Danbury, Connecticut. Except for a period of study which led to his master s degree in oral surgery, he engaged in this profession continuously thereafter, until the events hereinafter set forth. In March, 1955, he first noticed symptoms in his right hand which led him to a medical doctor and thence in July to surgery. The following month he attempted to resume his practice, but was forced by the condition of his hand to close his office and cease his profession. In October of 1956, his left…
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