Peterson v. Carter

STONE, District Judge.

This is a malpractice action resulting from surgery performed on plaintiff at the Beloit Hospital, Beloit, Wisconsin, on January 29, 1957.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that defendant performed a thyroid operation in which he negligently removed or damaged her parathyroid glands, and that as a result, plaintiff, who is now thirty years of age, has a permanent deficiency of thyroid and will be required to receive medication for the remainder of her life.

At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict dismissing the complaint on the ground that there…