Dorris v. Warford
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 97. — ACTION BY LULA WARFORD AGAINST S. M. DORRIS FOR DAMAGES FOR ALLEGED UNSKILLFUL AND NEGLIGENT TREATMENT OF A BROKEN ARM. Appeal from Ballard Circuit Court. R. J. Btjgg, Circuit Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court bt
Judge Hobson—
Reversing.
On August 7,1904, Miss Lula Warford had her arm broken by the turning over of a buggy in which she was riding at night. She was taken t-O' the office of Dr. S. M. Dorris at Bandana. He examined the arm and found both bones broken'between the elbow and the wrist, and that the break of the bones Was oblique or slanting, and not square across. He put on a temporary dressing that night, and told her he would come to her house the next day and put on a permanent dressing. The next day he went to her father’s house with another physician. They took off…
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