Legal Opinion
Wall v. Brim
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1943No. 10740PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was for malpractice. The claim was that in making the diagnosis with respect to, and in performing an operation for, the removal of a growth or cyst located in plaintiff’s neck just under and back of her ear, defendant did not bring to the exercise of his profession the reasonable degree of care and skill required by law. This was denied, and there was a trial to a jury.-
Plaintiff offered no expert medical testimony. Instead she relied entirely on the testimony of herself and her husband as to the circumstances attending the making of the diagnosis, 2…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Ewing v. GoodeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1897
- Mohr v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Pratt v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- State v. HousekeeperCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Pilgrim v. LandhamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Di Filippo v. PrestonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
- LaCaze v. CollierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- Woolley v. HendersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- John N. Dunham, Administrator of the Estate of Dorothy Louise Sipling, Deceased v. Frederick W. Wright and Frederick M. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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