(DOWNLOAD) "Ernen v. Crofwell" by Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ernen v. Crofwell
- Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
- Release Date : January 02, 1930
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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CROSBY, J. This is an action of tort or contract against a dentist to recover damages alleged to have resulted from his negligence. The defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff's evidence and filed a motion for a directed verdict, which was granted subject to the plaintiff's exception. The plaintiff, on February 23, 1927, accompanied by her sister went to the defendant's office to have some dental work done. The defendant filled a cavity in one of her teeth and cleaned them. He then proceeded to remove the first molar in the lower right jaw. He had told her it should be extracted and she assented to have it taken out. She asked him to administer gas, but as he did not give gas and suggested the use of novocaine, she told him to use his own judgment and to go ahead. The plaintiff testified that she knew he inserted the novocaine with a needle and she did not mind the pricking sensation due to the injection of the novocaine, but when he started to extract the tooth the pain was so intense that she screamed; that her sister came into the room and the doctor continued to work and the pain was worse than before; that she shrieked again, and he stopped work and closed the windows and doors; that her sister came in again, and she got out of the chair; that the doctor gave her a package of aspirin and told her to take it if the pain was very severe during the night. Both the plaintiff and her sister testified that the defendant did not tell either of them up to the time they left his office that the needle had been broken off in the plaintiff's gum or jaw.