Rose v. Raleigh Fitkin-Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital-Ann May Foundation

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burling, J.

This is an action at law sounding in tort, the gravamen of which is the alleged actionable negligence of the defendant-appellant.

The case involved the right of a private nurse, caring for a patient at the Fitkin Hospital, to recover damages from the hospital for injuries sustained by her as the result of a fall due to the alleged negligence of an employee of the defendant-appellant. It was tried before Circuit Court Judge Robert Y. Kinkead, without a jury. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s (respondent’s) case, defendant-appellant moved…