LeMere v. Goren

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant in an action to recover damages for alleged malpractice in administering a hypodermic injection.

The principal contention urged is that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to give plaintiff’s proffered instructions on res ipsa loquitur.

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident in the latter part of 1957. After the accident plaintiff became a patient of defendant, an orthopedic surgeon. Defendant treated plaintiff for recurring ill effects, resulting from the accident, to the cervical…