Shutan v. Bloomenthal

This is an appeal from a judgment against defendants for the sum of $2,500, entered in the superior court of Cook county on February 3, 1937, after a jury trial.

Defendants are dentists and are engaged in the practice of their profession in Chicago, and it is charged that on March 24, 1934, they extracted, or attempted to extract, one of plaintiff’s teeth, and as a result of the operation, broke plaintiff’s jaw, causing an infection and improper occlusion of the jaw. Also, that they were negligent in failing to discover that the jaw was broken and in failing to properly treat plaintiff for the…