Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1912 — Files Suit Against Doctors For $20,000 For Malpractice. [ARTICLE]

Files Suit Against Doctors For $20,000 For Malpractice.

John Middlecamp, a ’ former resident of near Kniman, but now of Gary, has brought suit for $20,606 damages against Dr. H. J. Laws, of Gary, a physician who was located in i Rensselaer for a few months, and Dr. J. M. Washburn, of Rensselaer. Middlecamp alleges malpractice. He says that in January, 1910, he was the victim of an accident by which he broke his Teg a few inches above the knee, and dislocated his shoulder. Ho alleges that owing to the manner the leg was set that it is now several Inches shorter'than it should be and that he is unable to lift his arm or use it in any way. The case was filed by McCracken & Freer, Lake county attorneys. Dr. Washburn, whose attention was called to an account in a Hammond paper of the filing of the suit, said he had no imeasiness as to the outcome. He says that it was Dr. Law’s case and that he was merely called on to assist him in the operation and intimates that Middlecamp has no grounds for damages.