Hall v. Ferry

LEWIS, District Judge.

This is an action for malpractice. The plaintiff claims her present condition is the direct or a contributing result of the failure of the defendant doctors and hospital to exercise a reasonable amount of ordinary care, skill and diligence in the diagnosis, care and treatment rendered during her stay in the National Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Hospital.

The evidence discloses the plaintiff first went to see Dr. Werner Prinz, a general practitioner, July 29, 1961. She then complained about soreness and pain which was localized in her left hip and thigh, also in her…