McKinney v. Tromly

SELLERS, Justice.

This is a malpractice suit brought by Ramon McKinney and wife against Dr. R. G. Tromly. The suit by the appellants seeks to hold Doctor Tromly liable for the negligence of a nurse, Louise Torian, in administering an anaesthetic to appellants’ son Mark upon whom Doctor Tromly was in the act of doing a tonsillectomy with an electrical instrument.

The nurse admitted using ether which is very dangerous when brought in contact with an electrical instrument and will, in better than 90% of the cases, cause an explosion. An explosion did occur when the doctor applied the electrical…