Steverson v. Hosp. Auth. of Ware County

Clark, Judge.

Plaintiffs, a widower and his two minor sons, sued a hospital and doctor for the homicide of Mary Frances Steverson, the wife and mother of plaintiffs. After the jury returned a verdict for defendants, plaintiffs sought a new trial which was denied from which denial this appeal ensued.

Mrs. Steverson was a patient of defendant doctor. Two days after an office visit she was admitted to defendant hospital in a condition of advanced pregnancy where her condition was such that she was promptly taken to the delivery room before her doctor could be contacted and delivery took place with…