Coombs v. King
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion and exceptions by defendant. Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff through the use of an X-ray machine prescribed by the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Verdict for plaintiff for S3,500. The defendant filed a general motion for a new trial and also excepted to certain rulings and refusals to give certain requested instructions. The case is slated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
This is an action on the case against a physician for malpractice. The verdict was for the plaintiff”. The case comes up on the defendant’s motion for a new trial, and exceptions. We will first, as briefly as we may, state our conclusion under the motion.
In 1901 the plaintiff was treated by the defendant for what she terms "scrofulous glands of the neck,” and what the defendant says were enlarged "lymphatic nodes or glands.” They were on both sides of the neck. The defendant cut them out. In 1903 bunches again appeared on the neck, one on the right side under the chin, and the other, the…
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