Mulka v. Keyes

This is an action for malpractice. Defendant Roswell P. Keyes is a physician and surgeon practicing his profession in Bellingham, as is the other defendant, his brother Howard. On June 18, 1947, after having diagnosed plaintiff wife’s physical trouble as an ovarian cyst, Roswell operated on her for the purpose of removing it. Howard served as his assistant in the surgery.

In the course of the operation Roswell cut the patient’s left ureter about two-thirds through. The ureter is a muscular tube whose function is to carry urine from the kidney to the bladder. Howard attempted to repair the…