Case Name: Lois Sexton, Appellee, v. J. N. Deiter, Appellant
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1912-05-11
Citations: 87 Kan. 175
Docket Number: No. 17,640
Parties: Lois Sexton, Appellee, v. J. N. Deiter, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 175–175

Head Matter:
Lois Sexton, Appellee, v. J. N. Deiter, Appellant.
No. 17,640.
HEADNOTE BY THE REPORTER.
Malpractice — Physician—Prima, Facie Case — For Jury. The evidence established a prima facie case. Whether the prima facie case was overcome by the defendant’s evidence was for the jury to determine.
Appeal from Dickinson district court.
Opinion filed May 11, 1912.
Affirmed.
S. S. Smith, for the appellant.
C. S. Crawford, and G. W. Hurd, for the appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The plaintiff was uninjured before taking the anaesthetic. As soon as she became conscious again she found that she had been burned. She could not burn herself, and there was evidence that the defendant's assistant did not burn her. Nobody else except the defendant had an opportunity to do so. The defendant admitted on separate occasions that he inflicted the wound, and the circumstances all indicated that he must have done so. Therefore the plaintiff's evidence establishes a prima facie case. Whether the prima facie case was overcome by the evidence upon which the defendant relies was a matter for the jury to determine.
The judgment is affirmed.