Cranford v. O'Shea
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Blake, J., entered January 23, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $7,385, in an action for malpractice.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Appellant is a surgeon, engaged in the practice of his profession. He is sued for malpractice. On January 17, 1910, respondent was injured in a coasting accident. Both bones of one of her lower limbs were fractured just above the ankle. The fracture is denominated by the medical witnesses a compound comminuted fracture. The flesh was torn and the bone protruded. There was also a simple fracture or a nearly square break of the femur a short distance above the kneejoint. Appellant was, at the time of the accident, surgeon at the emergency hospital, and gave respondent first aid and thereafter…
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