Cooper v. Providence Hospital

SIMPSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Cooper, as administrator of the estate of Calton S. Cooper, deceased, filed suit under the Homicide Act for the wrongful death of his intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of appellee in not exercising reasonable care, skill, and diligence in the care and treatment of the deceased' while a patient for hire in appellee hospital, “and as a proximate consequence of said negligence of said defendant, said Calton S. Cooper was permitted to get up from his bed during the night unattended, and fell to the floor and suffered” various catalogued injuries “and as a…