English v. Free
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 41, Jan. T., 1903, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., Deo. T., 1901, No. 5, on verdict for defendant in case of J. E. English v. S. M. Free. Trespass against a surgeon to recover damages for alleged negligence and unskillfulness in the treatment of an injury received by the plaintiff. Before Gordon, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of tbe Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for the defendant.
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Appeal, No. 41, Jan. T., 1903, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., Deo. T., 1901, No. 5, on verdict for defendant in case of J. E. English v. S. M. Free. Trespass against a surgeon to recover damages for alleged negligence and unskillfulness in the treatment of an injury received by the plaintiff. Before Gordon, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of tbe Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for the defendant. Verdict and judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned among others was in giving binding instructions for the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Peb Cubiam,
Plaintiff while working in the shops of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Company at Dubois, Pa., in March, 1901, met with a serious accident; a car body fell upon him crushing him to the ground and seriously if not permanently injuring the hip joint; he was taken to the office of defendant, a practicing surgeon, who examined the injury, gave him morphia and had him sent to his home. He continued to treat the injured man for about four months ; two other surgeons during that time were also called in to see the patient. At the end of that time Dr. Free told him he could…
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