Floyd v. Walls

This , is a malpractice suit brought by Walls against Dr. Bedford F. Floyd, Dr. R. Eustace Semmes, and Dr. Francis Murphey. The declaration is in three counts charging negligence (1) in failing to em ploy the requisite degree of care and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of the plaintiff for injuries received in an accident as hereinafter described; (2) in failing to take X-ray pictures of the plaintiff’s back, which if taken would have revealed an injury to the fourth lumbar vertebra which could have been treated at a much earlier date than it was treated; and (3) negligence in…