Coombs v. James
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered February 16, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for malpractice.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
The respondent wife suffered a miscarriage, which she attributed to electrical treatment administered to her by appellant. The complaint alleged an erroneous diagnosis and a negligent application of electricity as the cause of the injury. The defense was a denial of any act on the part of appellant that would contribute to the injury sustained, with an allegation that the miscarriage was the direct result of an abortive medicine, known as extract of cotton root, which was taken with the design of producing a miscarriage. The cause was twice tried below. Upon the first trial, the jury…
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