Streett v. Hodgson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Henderson', J.). Action by John J. Streett, executor of John M. Streett, against Henry W. Hodgson, to- recover for personal injuries caused to plaintiff’s decedent in the course of X-ray treatment. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Allegany County (Henderson', J.). Action by John J. Streett, executor of John M. Streett, against Henry W. Hodgson, to- recover for personal injuries caused to plaintiff’s decedent in the course of X-ray treatment. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The granted prayers were as follows: Plaintiff’s Prayer. — The jury is instructed that if they find from the evidence that the defendant was a practicing" physician, using in his practice an X-ray machine, and that the plaintiff’s testator, John M. Streett, employed the defendant to treat his left…
1Opinion of the CourtAdkins, J.
John M. Streett, the original plaintiff in this case, sued the defendant Dr. Henry TV. Hodgson for alleged negligence by the defendant in the use of an X-Ray machine in treating plaintiff’s leg for eczema.
The nar., filed December 29th, 1919, alleges: That the defendant, on or' about the first day of November, 1918, was a physician engaged in the general practice of medicine in the City of Cumberland, and as such physician held himself out to the public as an X-ray specialist in the curing of eczema and skin diseases by exposing the affected skin to the rays from said X-ray machine, and that…
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