Pfeiffer v. Kraske

Opinion by Stadteeld, J.,

On November 17, 1930, the defendant, a trolley repairman for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, suffered an injury in an accident in the shop and was taken to the Abington Memorial Hospital, where he was treated in the receiving ward while yet in an unconscious condition. After such treatment he became conscious and was placed in a bed in the general ward of that hospital. No surgical services were performed by anyone. He was attended and treated by the nurses and internes on the floor. Dr. Pfeiffer, the plaintiff, was chief surgeon of Abington Memorial Hospital…