Bloom v. Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital

OPINION

By the Court,

Merrill, J.:

This is an appeal from order of the trial court dismissing the complaint of appellant as plaintiff below. The sole question raised is whether respondent hospital is subject to suit for tort. The trial court ruled that it was not. This respondent is a public hospital established by Clark County pursuant to the authority of sec. 2225 et seq., N.C.L.1929, Supp. 1943-1949. The individual respondents are the elected hospital trustees and are sued in that capacity.

Appellant, as plaintiff, alleges in her complaint that while a patient at the hospital she suffered…