Glover v. Burke

This is an action for damages for malpractice. It was averred, in substance, in the declaration, that the defendant, Dr. Glover, was employed as a surgeon to remove a small growth known as a cyst or chalazion formed on the underside of plaintiff’s eyelid, and to treat the same, and that he negligently removed the cyst and injured her eyeball, which was allowed to become infected, and while in this condition he negligently treated the eye and did not use ordinary skill and ability, with a result that the eyeball became inflamed and seriously affected and had to be removed.

The defendant pleaded…