Legal Opinion
Mournet v. Sumner
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 1932No. 13926PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
This is a suit for damages by a widower against a dentist on the ground of malpractice, which is said to have caused his wife much unnecessary pain and suffering and resulted in her death.
The petition charges the defendant with being at fault in using unsterile instruments in extracting two teeth in the lower left jaw of the patient; in fracturing her jawbone in the process of pulling the teeth and failing to promptly discover this injury by not having an X-ray picture made; in not removing a portion of the root of the molar tooth that broke off and remained in the socket and a spicule of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Ewing v. GoodeU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1897
- McGraw v. KerrColorado Court of Appeals · 1912
- Loudon v. ScottMontana Supreme Court · 1920
- Miller v. TolesMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Moore v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Germann v. MatrissSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
- Stephen J. Kozan v. Dr. Glenn E. ComstockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Meyer v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- Calandro Development, Inc. v. RM Butler Contr., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- Wells v. McGeheeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1949
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