Brodhead v. Wiltse
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton District Court. Action to recover damages for the alleged negligent and unskillful manner in which the defendant, a physician, treated the fracture of the plaintiff’s arm. The answer is in denial, and also avers a settlement of the cause of action. There was a jury trial resulting in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $450, and costs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The plaintiff had both bones of his right arm, between his wrist and elbow, broken, and the defendant was employed as a physician and surgeon to treat the injury. Upon the trial the question or point of controversy was as to the propriety and skillfulness of the defendant’s treatment of the fracture in two particulars: First, in applying, after the arm was extended and the fracture reduced, a roller bandage to the naked arm from the wrist to the elbow, before the splints were put on ; secondly, in the use of splints, too short at the hand, the inside one extending about an inch below the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smothers v. HanksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- State v. HinkleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
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