Colton v. Dewey

This appeal involves a medical malpractice case brought by Dr. Sharon Colton, appellant, against Dr. John L. Dewey, appellee. The District Court of Nebraska, Fourth Judicial District, in and for Douglas County, sustained the appellee’s demurrer and dismissed appellant’s petition. We affirm.

The petition alleges that from 1961 through 1965 the appellee treated Dr. Colton’s chronic asthma by X-rays of, and injections of X-ray radiation particles into, her chest. The petition further alleges the treatments subjected appellant to “known hazards or [sic] resultant malignancy, were experimental in…