Thomsen v. Burgeson

This is an appeal on behalf of plaintiff, a minor, by his mother and guardian ad litem, from a judgment in favor of defendant, a physician.

Plaintiff’s complaint in the action, filed October 5, 1936, was in two counts: The first alleged malpractice of defendant in that, in July of 1934, during the performance of a tonsillectomy upon plaintiff (who at the time thereof was of the age of two years and eight months), defendant removed the uvula and a portion of the soft palate and injured the anterior and posterior pillars of plaintiff’s throat; the second count was based upon trespass, alleging…