Rohdy v. James Decker Munson Hospital

Plaintiffs sued defendant hospital claiming that an injection administered by one of the nurses employed by defendant hospital was negligently given, causing plaintiff Anne Rohdy to contract a staphylococcus infection. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs. The trial judge granted defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Plaintiffs appeal, contending the trial judge erred in setting aside the jury verdict in that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence from which an inference of negligence could be established so as to permit the ease to be submitted to the jury.

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