Ward v. Garvin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Ward v. Garvin

195 A. 885, 328 Pa. 395, 1938 Pa. LEXIS 427

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedDecember 9, 1937

DocketAppeal, 325

StatusPublished

Cited by13 cases

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Ward v. Garvin, 195 A. 885, 328 Pa. 395, 1938 Pa. LEXIS 427 (Pa. 1937).

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Per Curiam,

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, seek recovery of damages from defendant, a physician, upon a claim that he made a mistake in diagnosing an injury to the wife’s foot. The court below entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it refused to take off, relying upon our decisions, the latest of which is Duckworth v. Bennett, 320 Pa. 47, 181 A. 558, where we held that a physician is not responsible for an error of judgment or a mistake in diagnosis in the treatment of a patient. The action of the court below was correct.

Judgment affirmed.

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Per Curiam,

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, seek recovery of damages from defendant, a physician, upon a claim that he made a mistake in diagnosing an injury to the wife’s foot. The court below entered a compulsory nonsuit, which it refused to take off, relying upon our decisions, the latest of which is Duckworth v. Bennett, 320 Pa. 47, 181 A. 558, where we held that a physician is not responsible for an error of judgment or a mistake in diagnosis in the treatment of a patient. The action of the court below was correct.

Judgment affirmed.

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