Legal Opinion
Hendrickson v. Hodkin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 16, 1937PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnston, J.
Plaintiff sustained serious personal injuries as a result of a so-called cancer cure prescribed^and administered by defendant Rigley, a layman. This cure was administered by Rigley under the supervision of the defendant Hodkin, a licensed physician. Plaintiff had retained both of them. The treatment was administered to plaintiff while he was a patient of defendant Hodkin in the Park East Hospital, operated by defendant Park East Operating Corporation. The jury rendered á verdict against the three defendants. The hospital alone appeals.
The court charged the jury that the hospital owed the…
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