GUNNING v. COOLEY

No. 31.

281 U.S. 90 (1930)

GUNNING v. COOLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. Prescott Gatley, with whom Messrs. Benjamin S. Minor and Arthur P. Drury were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Alvin L. Newmyer, with whom Mr. Ralph A. Cusick was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent brought this action in the supreme court of the District of Columbia to recover damages from petitioner, a practicing physician, for injuries claimed to have been caused by his negligence while treating her. Her complaint is that he put into her ears some tissue-destroying liquid, which for brevity we shall refer to as acid, and thereby injured the drums and...

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