Miller v. Toles

This is an action for malpractice against defendant, who is a surgeon in active practice in the city of Lansing. The record discloses the following material facts: The plaintiff was injured as the result of a fall from a scaffold on the 24th day of August, 1909. His ankle was badly sprained, and perhaps otherwise injured. He immediately called a physician, Dr. Tooker, who prescribed a liniment which plaintiff applied for some three or four weeks. He later went to Dr. Tooker’s office where the ankle was examined, and the injury pronounced to be a bad sprain. The plaintiff continued to use a…