Bakewell v. Kahle

MR. JUSTICE FREEBOURN:

Virginia Bakewell, plaintiff and respondent, brought this malpractice action against Bobert B. Kahle, defendant and appellant, for damages, which she alleges she sustained as a patient of and at the hands of defendant, a licensed and practicing chiropractor.

From a jury verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in tke amount of $5,000, defendant appeals.

Defendant gave plaintiff three treatments or adjustments of vertebrae in her neck, on April 4, 6, and 8, 1949, respectively. Prior to the first adjustment defendant took an x-ray picture of plaintiff’s neck. He said such…