Grantham v. Goetz

Opinion by

Mk. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to remove a compulsory nonsuit. The plaintiff alleged malpractice on the part of the two appellee-doctors in the course of treatment given the appellant while he was a patient in a hospital in Beading, Pennsylvania.

The appellant suffered a severe chemical burn of the leg, as a result of the extravasation of a drug administered intravenously during the course of his treatment for severe shock. ITe charges the defendants with negligence, specifically, in failing to provide the attention and standard of care the…