Ellering v. Gross

HOLT, Justice.

Action for malpractice. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendant appeals from the order denying his motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Defendant is a dentist practicing at St. Cloud, and was fitting a bridge to the teeth on plaintiff’s right lower jaw when the instrument used to polish the bridge slipped and cut the flesh at base of the tongue. The claim of plaintiff is that the cut was about one inch in length and about a quarter of an inch at the deepest part. Defendant says it was about half an inch in length and one eighth of an…