Ross v. . BrenizerRoss v. . Brenizer
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- Brogden
The chief exception appearing in the record is based upon the following question to the plaintiff’s witness,. Tolbert: “(Q.) You may statе after you were operated on and before leaving the hos *800 pital, wbat instructiоns or warnings were given you as to how you should аct, or wbat you should do in order to prevеnt a recurrence of the trouble.” The witness replied that be bad been operаted on for hernia by Dr. Gibbon, and that be bad beеn instructed by bis surgeon not to get uj) on bis tiptoes оr reach up high or lift anything or stoop low, оr do anything of that nature, as it would probably cause a recurrence of the hernia. Plaintiff objected to this testimony, and it was admittеd by the. court. The testimony, upon its face, is inсompetent, and should have been exсluded. However, the plaintiff testified that be wаs basing bis entire case upon the statement made to him by Dr. Brenizer, the defendant, that in clоsing up the wound bis intestine bad been sewed up in the incision. The exact words of the plaintiff аre as follows: “That is what I am basing my case оn, the statement Dr. Brenizer made to me. He made that to me after the second oрeration and before I left the hospitаl. He said be was sorry I bad the misfortune I bad; that be let Worthington do the operation; that be was busy at the time; that is wbat I am basing my case оn.”
It is apparent, therefore, that the plaintiff made no contention that the defendant was negligent in failing to give him proper instruсtions as to bow be should care for himself in order to prevent a recurrence оf the hernia. Hence, the testimony objected to bad no bearing upon the causе of action, as alleged by the plaintiff. Mоreover, the admission of the testimony was in plaintiff’s favor, and against the defendant, for thе reason that under the circumstances of the ease it might have been contended that the defendant was negligent by reason of bis failure to give plaintiff proper instructiоns. So that, upon the setting of the ease, and upon the entire record, we are оf the opinion that the error complаined of did not prejudice plaintiff’s causе, and is not of sufficient weight to warrant a new trial.
Affirmed.