McBride v. Clara Barton Hospital

The plaintiff, a minor, commenced an action to recover damages for burns inflicted on his leg while a patient in the hospital operated by the defendant corporation. The defendant answered; a trial was had in the lower court before a jury; the jury brought in a verdict for $5,000; a judgment was entered for that sum, but on the presentation of a motion for a new trial the plaintiff consented to waive $2,000 of the verdict and that the judgment be reduced to the sum of $3,000. Thereupon the motion for a new trial was denied and the defendant has appealed, bringing up a bill of exceptions.

Mrs.…