Lindler v. Columbia Hospital
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Richland, February, 1913. Action by Nan Lindler against the Columbia Hospital of Richland county. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Before SeasE, J., Richland, February, 1913. Action by Nan Lindler against the Columbia Hospital of Richland county. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case having been argued before the Supreme Court, and the judgment below affirmed by a bare majority, the Circuit Judges were called to the assistance of the Supreme Court, which, sitting en banc, heard the case on 5th June, 1914. cite: Eleemosynary corporation not liable to beneficiary for tortious act of its servants selected with due care where there was no wilfulness: G Cyc. 975, 976; 7 R. R. A. 485; 34 L. R. A. (N. S.) 317; 31 R. R.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, en banc, was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages alleged to have be'en sustained by the plaintiff, through the negligence of one of the nurses employed by the defendant, in placing the plaintiff in the bed where there were hot bottles that burnt her severely, while she was unconscious, after undergoing a surgical operaation. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,800, and the defendant appealed upon exceptions assigning error, on the part of his Honor, the presiding Judge, in refusing a motion to direct a verdict in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Adams v. University HospitalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
- Duncan v. Nebraska Sanitarium & Benevolent Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
- Jensen v. Maine Eye & Ear InfirmarySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1910
- University of Louisville v. HammockCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
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- Rabon v. Rowan Memorial Hospital IncorporatedSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- Gamble v. Vanderbilt UniversityTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
- Tucker v. Mobile Infirmary Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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