Boeckel v. Orange Memorial Hospital

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

This suit in. the Supreme Court, Monmouth Circuit, to recover fo'r personal injuries sustained by Isabella Boeckel and for consequential damages suffered by her husband and co-plaintiff, Louis Boeckel, resulted in verdicts in their favor of $6,000 and $1,500, respectively. The case comes up on defendant’s rule to show cause why the verdicts should not be set aside and a new trial ordered.

Mrs. John M. Grimes, daughter of the plaintiffs, was a patient at defendant’s hospital. On the evening of October 29th, 1929, Mrs. Boeckel, while leaving the…