Beauchamp v. Davis

Opinion op the Court by

Yan Sant, Commissioner

Reversing.

On the 30th day of July, 1944, Mrs. Lois Beauchamp fractured the femur (thigh bone) in her right leg approximately halfway between the knee and hip. The injury occurred in Taylorsville, Kentucky. Dr. R. Hayes Davis of Louisville, who in the past had treated Mrs. Beauchamp for other ailments, was consulted by telephone. On his instructions the patient was taken to the Norton Infirmary. According to appellant’s testimony, it was recommended by Dr. Davis and agreed to by appellant that since the fracture was of the oblique type, it should be…