Christensen v. Thornby

LORING, Justice.

• Plaintiff has appealed from an order sustaining a demurrer to his complaint, which is based upon the alleged failure of a sterilization operation performed upon the plaintiff by the defendant, a duly licensed physician and surgeon.. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff’s’ wife had experienced great difficulty with the birth of her first child and had been advised that it would be dangerous to her life to bear another. Plaintiff asserts that he approached the defendant with this information and was advised by him that a sterilization operation upon the plaintiff,…