Dunning v. West
Supreme Court of Louisiana
ON APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the- Parish of Orleans. King, J.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
Plaintiff sued the defendant for damages in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, caused by the negligence and want of' skill of defendant’s employee, who* as a dentist, extracted two teeth of plaintiff’s wife.
Plaintiff’s petition sets forth that, on calling at defendant’s office,, she was received by him. She complained of an aching tooth. The-defendant, without having examined her teeth, placed her under the care of an assistant. Thereupon, he, plaintiff avers, the assistant, without any examination or diagnosis to 'make certain that the-pulling of a tooth was necessary, extracted two of…
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