Frazier v. Grace Hospital, Inc.

Hatcher, President:

The plaintiff, a child, was treated a number of months in the defendant’s hospital for injuries received when struck and dragged by an automobile. He claims in this action that the defendant dilatorily diagnosed and negligently treated some of his injuries. The jury rendered a verdict in his favor which the circuit court set aside, and he prosecutes error here.

The order of the circuit court recites that the verdict was set aside because of error in plaintiff’s instructions Nos. 1 and 3. No. 1 follows: “The court instructs the jury that if you believe from the evidence in…