Dishman v. Northern Pacific Beneficial Ass'n

Citations

• 96 Wash. 182
• 164 P. 943
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 910

Syllabus

<p>Physicians and Surgeons — Malpractice — Negligence — Proper Methods — Evidence—Sufficiency. In an action for malpractice in treating injured tendons of a hand and wrist, the evidence is insufficient to show negligence in failing to operate for the purpose of suturing alleged broken extensor tendons, where unimpeached physicians of equal ability disagreed as to the proper treatment and as to the advisability of the operation, and the best course was shown to have been uncertain, making a verdict rest upon speculation and conjecture; since a physician is not liable for mistakes if he exercises honest judgment and uses the methods recognized and approved by those reasonably skilled in the profession.</p>