Lane v. Groetz

In December 1960, the plaintiff, Mrs. Lane, was employed as a practical nurse to care for the defendant’s intestate, Miss O’Neil, a woman who according to the evidence “had hardening of the arteries ” and whose “ mental condition was very bad. ” The plaintiffs’ evidence tended to show that Miss O’Neil’s house was in the charge of Mrs. Mattison, who paid the nurses with funds belonging to Miss O’Neil by checks issued by Mrs. Mattison’s son. The plaintiff testified that as a practical nurse she took “ care of hospital cases, people in nursing homes and hospitals, ” but the nature of her duties…