Olander v. Johnson

This is an appeal from a judgment for $8,500 and costs recovered by Helen Olander, plaintiff, against Tessing S. F. Johnson, defendant, a physician and surgeon. A suit was instituted to recover damages claimed on account of defendant’s alleged negligence in leaving a laparotomy sponge in plaintiff’s body in the course of an abdominal operation. Plaintiff suffered intensely for several months after the operation and a sponge was finally found in and removed from her abdomen. If she is entitled to a judgment, this one is not excessive.

There is little dispute as to the material facts. Defendant…