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JOHNSTON v. RODIS

No. 14076.

251 F.2d 917 (1958)

John JOHNSTON and Kathryn Johnston, Appellants, v. Dr. Isadore RODIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. J. Joseph Barse, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. H. Mason Welch, J. Harry Welch and Arthur V. Butler, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

EDGERTON, Chief Judge.

The complaint makes the following allegations. The plaintiff Kathryn Johnston consulted the defendant Dr. Rodis for the purpose of obtaining certain treatments and "questioned" him concerning the treatments. He advised her "that the treatments as given by him were perfectly safe". "Relying upon the statements" he made, she submitted herself to him for the treatments. On May 10, 1952, he commenced a treatment "and upon her regaining consciousness...

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