Hills v. Shaw
Oregon Supreme Court
From Josephine: Frank M. Calkins, Judge. This is an action by Thomas Curtis Hills against Dr. H. M. Shaw for malpractice. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $6,000, the defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded, with directions to enter a judgment of nonsuit. Department 1.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
It appears in the record that the plaintiff’s leg was broken on June 4, 1910; that the defendant was called to treat the same and undertook to reduce the fracture. It is admitted that at all the times mentioned in the pleadings he was a physician and surgeon practicing his profession in Ashland, Oregon. The complaint specifies the negligence imputed to the defendant in these words: ‘ ‘ That the negligence, unskillfulness, and *462carelessness of the defendant of which the plaintiff complains herein consisted of the defendant’s not bringing and keeping said broken parts of said bone into…
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