Wilkolaski v. Hanavan

This action is brought to recover damages for alleged malpractice by the defendant, a physician. On the 12th of January, 1925, the plaintiff’s right leg was crushed in an industrial accident. He was treated by the defendant, who apparently endeavored to save the plaintiff’s leg. After twenty-one months’ hospital treatment the leg was, on October 2,1926, amputated above the knee. While the allegations of the complaint are broad, plaintiff ’s *839affidavits and brief would indicate that the gravamen of the allegation of malpractice is the failure of the defendant to amputate sooner, with the result…