Legal Opinion
Butts v. Watts
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 2, 1956PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
The appeal is from a judgment on a directed verdict for the defendant in an action against a dentist for malpractice.
The appellant, James Butts, suffering severe pain from a wisdom tooth, accom-pañiéd by great -swelling, went to Dr. W. P. Watts in' Bowling Green for relief. The dentist took an X-ray picture and determined the position of the tooth, injected novocain to relieve the pain 'and proceeded to extract it. In the process the tooth shattered, arid he removed the splinters! He packed the cavity with medicated gauze and gave the patient an aspirin or other…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Christie v. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Perrin v. RodriguezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
- Barnett's Administrator v. BrandCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Donoho v. RawleighCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Samuels v. WillisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Hastings v. Baton Rouge General HospitalSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Smith v. YoheSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Perkins v. HausladenKentucky Supreme Court · 1992
- Thomas v. CorsoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2012
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