Smith v. Beard

Blume, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Janet R. Smith, from a judgment entered for the defendants, pursuant to a directed verdict, in a malpractice case wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover judgment against the defendants for the sum of $150,000.

Undisputed Facts.

The plaintiff was severely injured in an explosion in a chemical room of the Standard Oil Company at Cas-per, Wyoming, on January 15, 1934. She received some first degree, second degree and third degree burns, which are severer in the reverse order named. The first degree burn is one which produces an inflamma tion of…