Sheldon v. Wright
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for malpractice in setting and treating a broken leg. Pleá, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at tbe September Term, 1905, Orleans County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Tbe defendant excepted. Tbe defendant discharged tbe case March 30, 1904. Tbe opinion sufficiently states tbe case.
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Case for malpractice in setting and treating a broken leg. Pleá, tbe general issue. Trial by jury at tbe September Term, 1905, Orleans County, Munson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Tbe defendant excepted. Tbe defendant discharged tbe case March 30, 1904. Tbe opinion sufficiently states tbe case. It was error to allow plaintiff’s daughter to testify that when defendant came home at. night be usually took tbe bandages off the leg “and be says it gets tired. ”> The testimony of such a witness is confined strictly to such complaints, expressions, and exclamations as…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This was an action of case for claimed malpractice. In the evening of January 30, 1904, the plaintiff, Mr. Sheldon, at Barton Landing,- where he lived and was in the employ of the E. L. Chandler Company, suffered a fracture of the. tibia of his right leg. The fracture was oblique as distinguished from transverse. The plaintiff’s family physician, Dr. Parlin, was forthwith called and then set the fractured bone. Dr. Parlin- attended to the leg until February 2, 1904, when Dr. Wright, the defendant, was called by Mr. Sheldon, and took .the case. Dr. Wright was a physician and surgeon in…
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