Kuehnemann v. Boyd

Physicians and surgeons: Malpractice: Degree of skill required: Experttestimony: Patient burned by X-ray treatments: Doctrine of res ipsaloquitur not applicable.

1. In an action by a patient against a physician for malpractice causing an X-ray burn, the burden is on the patient to prove negligence by the physician in administering the X-ray treatments. p. 591.

2. Evidence that a treatment by a machine using two filters did not produce a burn, while a subsequent treatment with one filter removed did produce one, did not prove that the dosage with one filter removed was an overdosage, or that a…