Smith v. White

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant, a chiropractor, to recover damages for malpractice. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and plaintiff appeals.

The single assignment of error challenges a ruling of the trial court which sustained the objection of the defendant to an offer of proof made by the plaintiff in rebuttal.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Grace V. Smith, had for many years suffered pain in the region of her left hip. In 1950 she underwent a fusion of the lumbar sacral joint, which, apparently gave her no permanent relief; and after consulting many medical doctors…