Carnes v. Cunningham

LANGDON, Chief Justice.

Relators were defendants in a damage suit brought by respondents. In the pleadings filed below, plaintiff alleged that the minor child broke his left arm on August 5, 1960; that defendants were employed to treat and cure such minor child of his broken arm; that defendants accepted such employment and undertook to treat the child. It was alleged that defendants negligently and carelessly applied a cast to the child’s arm so as to be too tight, causing the child discomfort and pain; that defendants’ attention was called to this condition and they attempted to loosen the…