Edwards v. Grace Hospital Society

Rosa Harris was a patient in Grace Hospital at New Haven. During convalescence from an appendectomy she jumped from the window of a semiprivate room and suffered injuries from which she died. The complaint alleged that the sole cause of the death was the corporate neglect of the defendant in the performance of its duty to and of its agreements with Mrs. Harris in certain specified respects. The defendant denied negligence and pleaded as a special defense that it was a charitable corporation without capital stock whose members derive no profit from its operation. The plaintiff in her reply…