Foxton v. Woodmansee

This is an action for malpractice against an osteopathic physician and surgeon. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant which the court set aside. The defendant appeals.

The plaintiff, a woman 55 years of age, sustained a Colles’ fracture of her right wrist as the result of a fall on an icy stepping stone in her hack yard. She consulted the defendant, who sent her to the Portland Osteopathic Hospital where he reduced the fracture. The operation was performed on the evening of January 12, 1960, the day that plaintiff was injured. On July 20, 1961, plaintiff filed her complaint alleging *273tha…