Roewekamp v. New York Post Graduate Medical School & Hospital

Defendant is a charitable institution maintaining a school and hospital. In 1928 plaintiff submitted to a tonsil operation at defendant’s free clinic. She brings this action against defendant to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her as a result of the negligent manner in which the doctor assigned by defendant performed the operation. The only charge against the hospital is that it was negligent because, without knowledge of the doctor’s fitness or ability to perform the operation and without making a proper and adequate examination to determine his competency, it permitted him…