Cooper v. McMurry

PER* CURIAM.

This action was instituted by W. E. Cooper, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Dr. J. F. McMurry, hereinafter referred to as defendant, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained as the result of malpractice in the use of an X-ray machine in the making of a diagnosis.

On December 1, 1939, plaintiff went to the defendant, a regular licensed and practicing physician, to be examined for a stomach disorder. The use of X-ray in making a diagnosis was indicated and defendant made a fluoroscopic examination of plaintiff’s stomach. The exposure of plaintiff to the X-ray…