Legal Opinion
Shane v. Hospital of the Good Samaritan
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 20, 1934No. Civ. 8426PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAHN, J., pro tem.
This appeal is by defendant from an order granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.
Plaintiff, a minor, by her guardian ad litem brought this action for damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered on the day of her birth, through the negligence of a nurse employed by defendant which maintained the hospital where plaintiff and her mother were patients.
The answer, in addition to denying the allegations of negligence, alleges that defendant “was a nonprofit sharing eleemosynary, charitable institution, organized and maintained for the purpose of giving hospital…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Parks v. Northwestern UniversityIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Weston's Administratrix v. Hospital of St. VincentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Hearns v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
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3Cited by11 opinions
- President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Malloy v. FongCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Silva v. Providence Hospital of OaklandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- La Societe Francaise De Bienfaisance Mutuelle v. California EmploymentCommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Hallinan v. PrindleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
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