Routen v. McGehee

Griefin Smith, Chief Justice.

One of thirty allegations of error is that a $4,000 judgment against the physician-defendant was not supported by substantial evidence. Another is that the burden of proving he was not negligent in fluoroscopy was imposed upon the defendant.

In attempting to locate an imbedded needle and remove it from Mary Lee McGehee’s foot, Dr. L. Routen of North Little Rock utilized a 30-milliampere fluoroscope through means of which reflected solid matter within the body may be observed. The mechanical arrangement was such that X-ray impulses could be directed for a limited…