Butler v. Rule

— The plaintiff, claiming that her intestate came to her death by reason of a negligent and unskillful X-ray treatment, administered by defendant, brought this action for* damages. In her complaint she relied upon five grounds of negligence, as follows:

“(1) That defendant administered said treatment to decedent without first determining decedent’s susceptibility thereto, by reason of which said treatment was too strong and too severe;

“(2) That the tube and bulb of said machine was placed too close to decedent’s body;

“(3) That proper covering and protection was not given decedent’s abdomen,…