Sauers v. Smits
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered July 23, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury, rendered in favor of the defendant, after a trial on the merits, in an action for malpractice.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
This action was instituted to recover damages for malpractice. Without going into the details of the complaint, the substance of the plaintiffs cause of action is that, during the early part of the year 1906, the plaintiff Mrs. Sauers was suffering from an ailment of the foot and applied to the defendant, who is a regularly licensed physician and surgeon, for treatment. The treatment prescribed and administered consisted in the daily exposure of the affected member or part to the light and rays of an X-ray machine, for a period of about a month, each exposure lasting from fifteen to thirty…
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