Lenger v. Physician's General Hospital Inc.

OPINION MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The appeal is by plaintiff Dennis H. Lenger. Judgment was rendered pursuant to an instructed verdict in favor of defendants whom the plaintiff averred to be liable to him for damages flowing from negligent tort. They were Physician’s General Hospital, Inc., a private corporation, which was alleged to be independently negligent and also vicariously under the doctrine of respondeat superior because of the negligence of Pauline Jones acting as and posing as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (though not so licensed), Pauline Jones, and Berdena Hightower, d/b/a Adamson…