Austin v. Sisters of Charity of Providence

This is an action for personal injuries allegedly suffered by plaintiff in 1966 as a result of negligence on the part of an X-ray technician employed by the defendant Providence Hospital. Defendants are the hospital and Dr. Gregory B. Nichols, the radiologist in charge of the hospital’s X-ray department. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that as a result of the technician’s negligence he suffered injuries in the form of

“* * * acute strain of the muscles, nerves, ligaments and soft tissues of his low back causing severe pain to his low back, and pain radiating into his legs, which pain and…