Kruszewski v. Holz

This case deals with what apparently is becoming a proliferating phenomenon in this country — suit for professional malpractice. The appellant, Helen B. Thoresen Kruszewski, instituted this action in the Circuit Court for Frederick County (Barrick, J.) against her physician, Richard G. Holz, appellee, alleging negligence in medical treatment. The doctor, in a jury trial, was exonerated of all charges and this appeal follows.

In the fall of 1967, appellant, then a forty-seven year old woman, after having undergone four unsuccessful D. & C. procedures, consulted Dr. Holz, a specialist in…