Legal Opinion
Hohenthal v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 22, 1940No. 7461PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.
The appeal is from a directed verdict and judgment for defendant Howard Lee Smith in an action for damages growing out of alleged malpractice in causing a subcutaneous needle to be broken off in the body of plaintiff Mary Eleanor Browning Hohenthal and failing to remove it promptly. The verdict was directed at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, which, so far as pertinent to the issues on appeal, is substantially as follows:
January 24, 1936, defendant performed an operation on plaintiff for gall bladder disability at Emergency Hospital. Immediately following the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Aderhold v. BishopSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Fitzgerald v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Variety Children's Hosp., Inc. v. PerkinsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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