Elm v. St. Joseph's Hospital of City of St. Paul

Appeal from a judgment entered in favor of defendant, St. Joseph’s Hospital of the City of St. Paul, pursuant to a directed verdict in an action by plaintiff, Harriet Elm, for damages allegedly sustained while she was a hospital patient. It is contended that the trial court erred in not submitting the question of defendant’s alleged negligence to the jury and that it erred as a matter of law in determining that plaintiff had not proved a cause of action against defendant.

Plaintiff, age 53 at the time of the injury, was admitted to the defendant hospital on December 8, 1962, under directions…