Bennett v. Murdy

In March, 1930, plaintiff employed defendant to do certain surgical work, and on the 29th day of March, 1930, defendant performed an operation upon the plaintiff for the removal of two middle turbinal bones, called turbinates in the briefs, from her nasal cavity. A local anaesthetic was administered, and the turbinals were removed by using a scissors which cut through the base of the bony structure. Plaintiff claims that during the operation portions of the turbinate bones were lost. One was about the size of a dime, though rectangular in form, and the other about the size of the end joint of…