Craghead v. McCullough

Plaintiff in error (defendant below), a physician and surgeon, was employed by defendant in error (plaintiff below) to reduce a fracture of his collar bone. He brought suit to recover damages from defendant which he claimed to have sustained as a result of the negligence of the doctor in treating the fracture. At the conclusion of the testimony, the defendant requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in his favor, which was refused. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of one thousand dollars. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial, based upon the…