Lamb v. Oakwood Hospital Corp.

Plaintiffs appeal a jury verdict of no cause of action as to defendant Oakwood Hospital and defendant Mercier and a directed verdict as to defendant Dundas. On December 30, 1963, defendant Dundas, a physician at defendant hospital, performed a tonsillectomy and an adenoidectomy on plaintiff Gary Lamb, then six years of age. Defendant Dundas prescribed that three drugs be given to the plaintiff by means of an intramuscular injection while he was in the recovery room. The drugs were administered by defendant Mercier, a registered nurse employed by defendant hospital and assigned to the recovery…