Hoffman v. Watkins
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Claypool, J., entered November 14, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $4,000, in an action for malpractice.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action to recover damages for alleged malpractice of a physician in the treatment of an injured shoulder. On a former appeal, Department Two of this court reversed a judgment for plaintiff and remanded the case for a new trial. Hoffman v. Watkins, 78 Wash. 118, 138 Pac. 664.
At both trials it appeared that, on Sunday night, February 3, 1912, plaintiff, a man fifty-four years old, was assaulted on the streets of Aberdeen, knocked down, and stunned and robbed, sustaining a cut over the eye and a severe injury to the right shoulder. At both trials the gravamen of the charge of negligence was the…
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