Pierce v. Paterson

JONES (B. C.), J. pro tem.

This appeal is from an order granting a new trial in a malpractice action against a physician and surgeon. Willis Pierce, a boy of ten years, sustained a crushing of the middle finger of his right hand by getting it caught in the door of his bath room. His mother, the respondent, promptly summoned the defendant to treat the injury. On account of another emergency call he instructed her over the telephone to place the finger in an ice pack to stop the bleeding. This she did after replacing the nail which had been torn loose. Within about half an hour the defendant…