Priestley v. Stafford
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Riverside County, and from an order denying a new trial.. F. E. Densmore, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
Action to recover damages alleged to have heen sustained as the result of negligent surgical treatment administered by defendant.
Judgment went for plaintiff, from which, and an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
It appears that on May 2, 1911, the plaintiff Herbert Kenneth Priestley, a minor, suffered a fracture of the radius and ulna of his right arm; that defendant, a physician and surgeon, was for compensation employed by plaintiff’s father to set, care for, and treat the fractured arm of said minor. The court found:
“That pursuant to said undertaking said defendant…
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