Yard v. Gibbons

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action brought by Maude M. Yard, a married woman, against James E. Gibbons, an osteopathic physician, to recover $10,000 damages for alleged negligent treatment of her while employed as her physician in a case of childbirth. Plaintiff alleged that in 1911 she employed defendant to attend her at her expected confinement, and he agreed that he could and would do so in a careful and skillful manner; that on or about November 9, 1911, defendant was notified to attend her, and called upon her in the afternoon and evening; that…