Picheloup v. Gibbons

JANVIER, Judge ad hoc.

Defendant is a dentist, practicing in New Orleans. While treating Mrs. Tricon, one of the plaintiffs; in pulling out his extension cabinet to a position over the chair in which Mrs. Tricon was sitting, he spilled a small quantity of carbolic acid on his patient. He righted the vial which contained the acid, but in an effort to assist her he again upset the vial and spilled the remaining contents on her dress, on the backs of her hands and on her left thigh.

Mrs. Tricon sues for $25.00, the value of a dress which was ruined, and $1,000.00 for her pain and suffering.

Her…