Greenspan v. Slate

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

I. The Pacts and the Issue

Barbara Slate, the 17-year-old daughter of the defendants, injured a foot while playing basketball at high school. Within two or three days it became exceedingly swollen.and conspicuously discolored so that she could walk on it only with the greatest difficulty and pain. Her parents, thinking it nothing more than a sprain, declined to provide her with medical aid. The plaintiff, Garfield, a member of the bar of .this State, discovered her plight by chance, when she was on a visit to his home in company with…