Miller v. Werner

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Action for $25,000 damages for malpractice. Plaintiff appeals from the verdict directed for defendant at close of all the evidence.

Plaintiff began experiencing sebaceous cysts in 1956 and, by 1963, several had been removed surgically. In October 1963, she came under the care of Dr. John Balhuizen who, after treatment by lotion and antibiotics, recommended she see Doctor Werner about surgical removal of some cysts. She first saw Doctor Werner November 1, 1961, and on November 7, 1963, Doctor Werner performed surgery for removal of a sebaceous csyt on the right side of her…