FIELDS v. RUTLEDGE


284 S.W.2d 659 (1955)

Jane Craig FIELDS, by Craig Fields, Father and Next Friend, Appellant, v. Charles C. RUTLEDGE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. T. Hinton, Pikeville, for appellant.

Baird & Hays, Pikeville, for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Jane Craig Fields, acting by her father as next friend, sued Dr. Charles C. Rutledge for $25,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by her by reason of his malpractice in performing a tonsillectomy. The jury returned a verdict for defendant and on appeal plaintiff insists the court erred in: 1. not applying the res ipsa loquitur doctrine; 2. the rejection of testimony; 3. refusing instructions offered by her.

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