Rural Educational Association v. Bush

Stewart C. Bush brought this suit against Rural Educational Association to recover damages for injuries which he received as a result of an operation performed upon him in Madison Sanitarium and Hospital, which is privately owned and operated by defendant.

Specifically, plaintiff charged that:

“A large surgical sponge or other large object was negligently and carelessly left in plaintiff’s intestines which was wholly unknown to him as he was unconscious at the time under the effects of an anesthetic. As a result, plaintiff was sewed up and dismissed from the hospital with this sponge or object…