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CHRISTIE v. CALLAHAN

No. 7749.

124 F.2d 825 (1941)

CHRISTIE et al. v. CALLAHAN.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 23, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. Mason Welch, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. John R. Daily and J. Harry Welch, both of Washington, D. C., appeared on the brief submitted for appellant.

Mr. C. Booker Powell, of Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellant.

Messrs. Henry I. Quinn and Raymond S. Norris, both of Washington, D. C., submitted for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The only question is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment in plaintiff's favor.1 The suit was for malpractice. Defendants are physicians, specializing in X-ray work. They treated plaintiff for removal of a pilonidal cyst. He claims they gave him an overdose of X rays which caused him injury.

The question arises in two phases, causation and negligence. Our function...

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