Legal Opinion

Pelky v. Palmer

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 2, 1896PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Error to Jackson; Peck, J. Case by John A. Pelky against Frank E. Palmer, ■a surgeon, for malpractice. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.

The plaintiff was defeated in an action for malpractice, brought against a surgeon whom he em-' ployed to set his broken arm. He was unable to give *562the defendant information as to the cause of the injury, which he discovered while on his way home from Parma, a neighboring village. The defendant set his arm on Tuesday morning. On Thursday the plaintiff called at defendant’s office in Albion, and found him absent, a card upon his door stating that he had gone to the State of Ohio. The plaintiff called again upon Saturday, and complained to the defendant that his hand and arm hurt him. Defendant…

2Cited by24 opinions

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