Stonaker v. Big Sisters Hospital

In an action for damages against a hospital, two nurses and a surgeon, in Ventura County, the jury were directed to return a verdict in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed from the judgment.

From such argument in the briefs as is based upon evidence- appearing in the record, as distinguished from statements of counsel, we assume that the contention as to its sufficiency to warrant submission of the ease to the jury is founded principally upon negligence in failing to examine an ether machine used during an operation, and the fact that the patient’s adenoids were removed after…