WOLFSMITH v. MARSH

Docket No. Sac. 7055.

51 Cal.2d 832 (1959)

337 P.2d 70

ALBERTA WOLFSMITH, Appellant, v. PAUL KING MARSH et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 3, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell P. Studebaker and Carl B. Munck for Appellant.

Joseph F. Rankin, Peart, Baraty & Hassard, Alan L. Bonnington and Richard G. Logan for Respondents.


McCOMB, J.

From a judgment in favor of defendants after trial before a jury in an action to recover damages for alleged malpractice in administering a hypodermic injection of sodium pentathol, plaintiff appeals.

Facts:* In 1953 plaintiff, a housewife 46 years of age, consulted defendant Dr. Barr, at which time she was given sodium pentathol on at least four occasions and showed...

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