Shannon v. Ramsey

These two actions of tort, each against a physician for malpractice in treating the plaintiff’s broken leg, were tried together. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant Ramsey and, by direction of the judge, a verdict for the defendant Dolan. The cases come before us on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant Dolan, to the exclusion and admission of evidence and to the charge of the judge in the action against the defendant Ramsey.

There was evidence of the following facts: The plaintiff’s leg was broken August 30, 1926. Two days later Dr. Ramsey, a…