Natanson v. Kline

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an action for malpractice against a hospital and the physician in charge of its radiology department to recover for injuries sustained as the result of radiation therapy with radioactive cobalt, alleged to have been given in an excessive amount.

The plaintiff (appellant), Irma Natanson, suffering from a cancer of the breast, had a radical left mastectomy performed on May 29, 1955. At the direction of Dr. Crump acker, the surgeon who performed that operation, the plaintiff engaged Dr. John R. Kline, a radiologist, for radiation…