Ropp v. Stevens

Dr. John M. Ropp complains of a judgment against him in favor of Margaret R. Stevens, a young married woman, for $3,500. The motion is based upon the alleged negligence of the physician when forcibly delivering her of her second child, and in failing to give her proper surgical or medical attention thereafter.

One of the assignments of error is that the trial court should have sustained the motion to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence.

According to the physician’s testimony, he did everything which could or should have been properly done before, at the time of, and…