Hinkle v. Hargens

81 N.W.2d 888 (1957)

Phyllis HINKLE, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

C. W. HARGENS, M. D., Defendant and Respondent.

No. 9587.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

March 21, 1957.

Parnell J. Donohue, Bonesteel, for plaintiff and appellant.

H. M. Lewis, Hot Springs, for defendant and respondent.

HANSON, Judge.

This is a malpractice action for damages. The complaint alleges the defendant surgeon left a portion of a surgical needle embedded in plaintiff's back following an operation performed on September 15, 1932; that defendant negligently failed to remove the needle fragment and fraudulently concealed such fact;…