Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1913 — Middlecamp Suit Against Doctors Being Tried Today. [ARTICLE]

Middlecamp Suit Against Doctors Being Tried Today.

The suit brought by John Middlecamp, of near Kniman, against Dr. I. M. Washburn, of Rensselaer, and Dr. H. J. Laws, of Crown Point, asking damages for alleged malpractice, was set for trial at Kentland today. About three years ago during the absence of Dr. Washburn in the west, Dr. Laws was associated with him and looking after his practice during his absence. Middlecamp suffered a fractured hip and Dr. Laws was called and set the limb. It is alleged that the limb was not properly set and that when Dr. Washburn returned home and his attention was called to the case he went to the Middlecamp home and found that the bone was not held in its proper place by the cast and that he called a specialist from Chicago and reset the bone and placed the limb in another cast. The limb is slightly shorter than it was normally and this is made the basis of an action for damages. Dr. Washburn is represented by Attorney George A. Williams and Dr. Laws came this morning from Crown Point with his counsel, M. J. Smith, and all went to Kentland for the trial. Middlecamp has his case in the hands of a Hammond attorney.