SWEET v. STUTCH

Docket No. 22269.

240 Cal.App.2d 891 (1966)

50 Cal. Rptr. 9

LAWRENCE B. SWEET, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. REUBEN STUTCH, M.D., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

March 18, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peart, Baraty & Hassard and Robert D. Huber for Defendants and Appellants.

Philander Brooks Beadle and Marcus & Bresnahan for Plaintiff and Respondent.


DRAPER, P.J.

Defendant doctors appeal from judgment on jury verdict in favor of plaintiff patient.

Plaintiff suffered a crushing type of injury when a crane's counterweight struck him in the area of the left rear rib cage. This injury occurred in the course of employment, and is in no way chargeable to defendant doctors. They did, however, treat him when he was hospitalized for it. After some 10 days, they applied traction by running a rope from a halter under...

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