Dashiell v. Griffith
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers : Plaintiff's 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that the defendant was a physician and surgeon, and, as such, undertook to treat the plaintiff, Caroline Griffith, for a disease of her finger, and entered upon said treatment; that said finger was subsequently amputated, and that said amputation was rendered necessary by the want of such reasonable skill, care and…
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Appeal from the Baltimore City Court. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following prayers : Plaintiff's 1st Prayer.—If the jury find from the evidence that the defendant was a physician and surgeon, and, as such, undertook to treat the plaintiff, Caroline Griffith, for a disease of her finger, and entered upon said treatment; that said finger was subsequently amputated, and that said amputation was rendered necessary by the want of such reasonable skill, care and diligence in the treatment of said finger and of the said plaintiff, as is usually exercised by physicians and surgeons in…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This appeal is from the judgment of the Baltimore City Court. The facts are, that Mrs. Griffith, one of the plaintiffs and wife 'of the other, was suffering from a disease commonly known as bone-felon, which was upon the index finger of her right hand. - She visited the office of the defendant, a practicing physician, for the purpose of obtaining his professional assistance; he gave the plaintiff medical attention as hereinafter' stated; this action is brought by plaintiffs, jointly as husband and wife, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of'the defendant in the treatment of the…
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