Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
MALPRACTICE CASE.
County Court Room Crowded to Hem
the Evidence.

County Court Room Crowded to Henr
the Evidence.
The case of John Zipfel, Jr., VS.. J. r.
Booth was completed in County court
Friday. Argucments were made by T..
c. Mower and C. r.. Peck for the plaintiff
and by c, J. Russell, Il. e. Brown and r.
w Taft for the defendant.
There was partial hearing Friday
in the case of Mary NJ Gregory VS.. Homer
w. Gregory, petition for divorce.
The county court room was crowded
Tuesday to hear the evidence in the
case of alleged malpractice brought by
Garrett NJ. and Margarie M. Cosgrif VS..
DR.. T. Il. insolvency and before the
day was over many had a much more
intelligent idea OF appendicitis than
they ever had before. The attorneys
| in the case might have been physicians,
| Judging from the way in which they
reeled off the medical terms and re-
ferred to medical authorities.
DR.. insolvency was on the stand all
| day and the direct examination by At
| torney Billiard was completed in the
| morning. That portion of the examina-
| ton related largely to the care Of the
| patient at the hospital and to the rec
| ords kept of the case.
The cross-examination was begun
shortly before noon by Attorney White
| more and continued drought the rest
of the day. lie covered the case in full.
beginning from the time DIR. insolvency
was called. DR.. insolvency testified
n,.ss,o,,,r ,,a ,ho, ho ,yished tho
t'. .'io tra,,r,, ,,ia,, ho,ri
&c, ~ w. e. w. GosariT ot erst wish
| ed to utilize the Mary Fletcher hospital.
but later changed his mind and that
| by so doing Or. insolvency was able
-, ,r, tt,, ,osti6oa th,t Tho
Wo.h' ne "'.nV ,,,,. s,,ooassf,,, ,rd
a,s ~, ltse sr,i,tod hofore sbo
- -. 80 80 , -, ~. IT,, col. M an Of
~as u'so'al GU '',t Iii
n,i e." s,,,, tho ,,-foe,irc
ho,,,o e W. "1 cnict ,,,d mr. McSweenev
10y , .s. M, rs ~ N,ac,,onna,, tosti
80 ~ ~ w r, .,., o,raaod
''.u ,n"t MI Noos -, 90 ,rino.i,, =,
a, MN anu "cJuSeu i,', ~. .,ionas 10 !
~ IoSe ~ nc sou ,ae L., ,hron.
told MIN that MT 'ossriii nau ,nIea,-
eheu 10 carve MN WIN " pu'.,'e. -, =
anu TO "hip MN IL ne w.
cossrlIi mouse again; yuS. ",re.. ~, -
CosSrif left the hoSpi'al IT Mccweeies
ana toid her OF the .rouple pe,weeil
himselt and MIR. toSsrlt, lie sald lha'
MIS-. Cosgrlft ala not pelIeNe Mr. us
grim ever sald AWNING OF the KING LOT
he was not that KIND OF man. Upon
Una. " McSweehey .ola MIS' coss ris III
that ne had heard that MT. 'oSe III
was drinKlng heaNliy ana salu that II
woulu De pest ior hcr 10 go nome aS she
might exercise good influence over
MN
The case of @. NJ. and Margarie NJ COS
grin VS. Dr. /. r. McSWeencN served 10
pack the county court house again yes
terdav and among those present were
many women, more than have been seer
! in county court for a long time. INC
cross and redirect examination of Or
insolvency was completed and the re
maindcr of the day was occupied by Mrs
CosgriT and Sister Mcdonald. one of the
assistants at the Fanny Allen hospital
who was present at the operation upon
| Mrs Cosrrifr for appendicitis ATTORNEYS
! Brown and ballard took a hand in the
examination yesterday in addition to At.
torneys Rullard and Whittcmore who
rropoundcd the questions Monday and
Tuesday.
The redirect examination Of DR. Me
Sweeney was devoted largely to the con.
dition of Mrs Cosrriff after tn.
operation was over and to the cir
cumstances that occurred at IN,
hospital During the examination IN,
fact was developcd that Mir Cospriff bne
not paid DR.. McSwceney for his servic,
and that "A suit had been brought by tn,
doctor to collect the amount.
Upon the conclusion of pr ,rccu,oo,o,.,
| evidence Mrs Coseric va. a,Iie
She testified that she had heo,, ho,L''.,'
with duh pain in tho right si,in -,
about two wears. On The 18th day ~
last December she did a good deal ~
running around town and on tho 1-tb i,
addition to her own work assisted in III,
grocery store. She was in main dmrin,
the entire forenoon of that dnv and i
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