Jordan v. Skinner

Patricia Mylbra Jordan was born January 25, 1931, at a hospital in Yakima. Prior to her birth, the defendant H. H. Skinner, a physician, was employed to attend at the accouchement. Four days after the child’s birth, she developed an infection of the eyes, which resulted in total blindness of the right, and fifty to seventy-five per cent impairment of vision in the left.

This action was brought, charging that the infection and its result were caused by negligence on the part of defendant in caring for the child at and after birth. The defendants answered, denying negligence. Trial was had to a…