Legal Opinion
Portsmouth Hospital v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 29, 1968No. 5688PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLampron, J.
Petition for declaratory judgment under RSA 491:22 brought by the plaintiff to determine its rights under a bodily injury liability policy issued to it by the defendant. The matter was submitted to the Trial Court (Dunfey, J.) on an agreed statement of facts. The Court reserved and transferred without ruling two questions of law raised thereby.
On November 3, 1958, Mark Ward, of Portsmouth, an infant of 14 months, underwent an operation at the Portsmouth Hospital during which he suffered a cardiac arrest and his brain apparently suffered irreversible damage. During the following three years…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Holly Sugar Corp. v. FritzlerWyoming Supreme Court · 1931
- Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v. Johnson, Admrx.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1966
- Mitchell Bourazak v. The North River Insurance Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Burke v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Beaudoin v. StateSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1973
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