Hiill v. Jackson

-This is a malpractice suit. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $1500 and defendant has appealed.

The petition alleges— “. . . that defendant in extracting plaintiff’s teeth as aforesaid did negligently, carelessly and unskillfully dislocate her jaw in so doing and did negligently and carelessly fail to discover that he had dislocated the same, and did negligently and carelessly fail to replace and reset it and to advise plaintiff that he had so dislocated it.”

The facts show that plaintiff, as the result of a severe case of pyorrhea, suffered from inflammation of the gums…