Percifield v. Foutz

OPINION

By the Court,

Eather, J.:

This is an action for damages for alleged injuries temporary and permanent arising out of alleged negligence in the conduct of the defendant-respondent, in the extraction of a wisdom tooth from the mouth of plaintiff-appellant. The prayer is for a total of $39,300 and for other and further relief. The parties will be referred to as they were designated in the lower court.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant broke a saw-type drill, called a burr, in the course of the extraction and caused the same to be lodged in the jaw bone of the plaintiff; that the defendant…