Tucker v. Stetson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from negligence of the defendant, a physician and surgeon, in treating the plaintiff. Writ dated September 19, 1916. In the Superior Court the action was tried before White, J. The evidence, certain portions of the charge to the jury and the exceptions of the defendant are described in the opinion. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $8,000; and the defendant alleged exceptions.'
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
In June, 1915, the plaintiff met with an accident while operating a motorcycle, which came into collision with a team that was coming around a curve on a cross road. He was taken to a hospital in Greenfield where he was treated by the defendant. As a result of this collision he sustained a broken collar bone and a severe injury to the set or network of nerves around the shoulder and neck called the brachial plexus, which resulted in a paralysis of his arm. He remained in the hospital three weeks, during which the defendant saW him every morning. During the time he was in the hospital his arm…
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