JOHNSTON v. LEMMON

No. 4426.

4 Pa. D. & C. 2d 422 (1955)

Johnston v. Lemmon

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

May 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. Schofield, for plaintiff.

P. H. Strubing, for defendant.


BOK, P. J., May 20, 1955.

Plaintiff sued defendant, a surgeon, for the technical assault of performing a different and more extensive operation upon her than the one she had consented to. Instead of removing her appendix and a cyst, cauterizing her cervix, and suspending a prolapsed uterus, defendant removed her procreative organs.

The jury awarded her $2,000, and defendant has filed motions for a new trial and for judgment n. o. v. Although the verdict appears...

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