Kelly v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co.

This is an appeal of a medical malpractice action in which the trial court directed verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff claims to have suffered injury when a nurse negligently administered an enema by not allowing the plaintiff to enter into a proper position before the enema tube was inserted because she was in a hurry.

On July 5, 1975, the seventy-five year-old plaintiff entered Community Memorial Hospital in Spooner complaining of lower back pain. On July 16, 1975, Dr. Rudolf Matzke, the plaintiff’s attending physician, ordered an intravenous pyelogram. This procedure is commonly known…