Grosshart v. Shaffer

Opinion by

BREWER, C.

Norman Shaffer, as plaintiff below, sued Ross Grosshart, surgeon, and the Grosshart Sanitarium, a, corporation, for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been received by him through the negligence of said defendants. At a trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, against both defendants, for $5,000, of which amount the court required a remittitur of $2,500, as a condition to letting the verdict stand.

The circumstances out of which this suit arose- may be briefly summarized as follows: Plaintiff employed Dr. Grosshart to perform an…