Distler v. John Shillito Co.

OPINION

By ROUDEBUSH, J.

This matter comes before the court on a motion to require the plaintiff to submit to an x-ray examination.

The petition alleges that the plaintiff sustained both a fracture of the second rib and an injury to her spine between the fourth and fifth thoracic .vertebrae. The affidavit in support of the motion, signed by attorney for the defendant, sets forth:

“that it is necessary in order that the true nature and extent of the injuries claimed to have been sustained by plaintiff may be known that an x-ray examination be made by a competent radiologist.”

The great weight of…