Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — Sues for Malpractice. [ARTICLE]

Sues for Malpractice.

Accordij}g to a Lake county paper, John Middlecamp of Gary has started suit against Dr. H. J. Laws of Crown Point and Dr. I. M. Washburn of Rensselaer, whom he alleges have “made him a cripple for life through their unskillful handling of his case.’’ i “He alleges in his complaint that on Jam 27,' 1910, he was a ,victim of an accident by which he broke his leg a few inches above the knee and dislocated his shouldder. “He says that he called, in the doctors in the neighborhood and that they gave him the benefit of their skill and training, with the result that his leg is now several inches shorter than it should be and he is unable to lift his arm or use it in any way. “The case was filed by McCracken and Freer, who ask $20,000 damages for their client.’’' Middlecamp was formerly a resident of Kniman, Jasper county, and it was while a resident of that place that toe was attended by the defendants, we understand, Dr. Laws at that time being located in Rensselaer. •<