Treptau v. Behrens Spa, Inc.

The defendant, Behrens Spa, Inc. (hereinafter called “Spa”), is incorporated as a hospital under Wisconsin laws and operates a hospital and sanitarium at Waukesha and employs physicians and chiropractors, including Drs. Behrens and Dixon. On August 27, 1941, the plaintiff, Elsie Treptau, went to the Spa for treatment of what she thought was a sprain of her right foot. Dixon told her she needed vertebra “adjustments,” and between that date and September 14th Dixon gave her several chiropractic treatments and Behrens gave her one adjustment. In the course of those treatments the swelling and…