Mayor v. Dowsett

*200LUSK, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant based on the verdict of a jury in a medical malpractice action.

The defendant, Dr. J. W. Dowsett, is a duly licensed physician and surgeon who maintains an office in Portland, Oregon, and specializes in obstetrics. He attended the plaintiff, Arloine Mayor, a married woman, during her pregnancy and at the birth of her second child. Under his direction, Dr. L. M. Sutherland administered a spinal anesthetic shortly before the birth of the child. Following the birth plaintiff became paralyzed from the neck down and has so remained. The…