Butler v. Caldwell Memorial Hospital

TAYLOR, Justice.

Hazel Butler, plaintiff (appellant), a frail woman, 47 years of age, had been a patient of Dr. Charles E. Krause for a period of approximately two years prior to the accident here involved. During this time she had suffered from gastroenteritis, had been surgically treated for gastric ulcer and had also been treated for duodenal ulcer. She was in a neurotic condition and complaining of pain. A synthetic analgesic narcotic called leritine had been prescribed and administered for the pain. Early in 1962 she was suffering from malnutrition and menstrual cramps. The doctor was…