Legal Opinion
Puffinbarger v. Day
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 7, 1962No. Civ. 6845PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, P. J.
Plaintiffs-appellants Arthur Dale Puffinbarger and wife, in this wrongful death action, seek damages against defendant-respondent S. Kirby Day, Jr., M.D., alleging that plaintiffs were the father and mother of decedent Dana Puffinbarger; that on May 13, 1958, plaintiff wife took her daughter to defendant doctor for treatment of a boil abscess; that the child was taken by the doctor to the examination room and two or three hours later plaintiff wife was advised of the death of her 2%-year-old daughter as a result of the lancing of a boil; and that the child’s death was due to negligent…
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