Giles v. Tyson

This suit was instituted by ap-pellee against appellant to recover damages alleged to have arisen from the negligence of appellant in applying the X-ray to his arm to locate a piece of steel, which had been forced into his arm while he was working as an automobile mechanic and was imbedded in the periosteum of the ulna bone of his left arm. It was alleged that the X-ray was negligently applied and the arm of appellee so burned and permanently injured as to prevent its use, and render him incapable of pursuing his occupation as a mechanic. The cause was submitted to a jury through special…