Irick v. Andrew

CIRE, Justice.

This appeal is from a take-nothing judgment in a medical malpractice suit.

Appellant Judith Ann Irick received x-ray radiation treatment for plantar warts on her left foot in the summer of 1969 from Dr. William H. Andrew, Jr., a physician specializing in radiology. In January, 1973 she developed an ulcer in the area where the warts had been removed, a condition which diagnosis showed to have been caused by radiation. Miss Irick and her father, appellant Edgar J. Irick, then sued Dr. Andrew for damages, alleging the physician was negligent in four particulars: (1) failing to…