Sepaugh v. Methodist Hospital
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Dissent
I think the petition for a rehearing should be granted in this case.
The hospital did not undertake to treat the plaintiff, or to furnish her with doctors or nurses, but merely furnished the room she occupied and the usual facilities of the hospital for treatments by her own physicians and nurses. Dr. Lunceford, the interne who administered the hypodermoclysis, was a graduate physician who had been highly recommended to the hospital as a man fully qualified by reason of his education and skill to perform the duties of an interne; and in administering the hypodermoclysis he was acting under the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Powell v. Construction Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- Odom v. Sanford & TreadwayTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
- Mayberry v. Bon Air Chemical Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
- Phillips v. Tennessee Eastman Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1930
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