Lorenz v. Booth

The plaintiff seeks recovery of damages from the defendant, a practicing physician of Seattle, claimed to be the result of his negligence in the treatment of the plaintiff’s broken leg. Upon the trial, at the close of the evidence introduced on behalf of plaintiff, counsel for the defendant moved the court to withdraw the case from the jury and render judgment in his favor, upon the ground that the evidence introduced in the plaintiff’s behalf was insufficient to *551call for the submission of the case to the jury. This motion was granted, and judgment rendered accordingly. From this disposition…