Duncan v. Nebraska Sanitarium & Benevolent Ass'n
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Lancaster county: Lincoln Frost, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
When Sadie Duncan was occupying a room in defendant’s hospital, she committed suicide in absence of a nurse or other attendant, and this is an action by her husband as administrator of ber estate to recover from defendant damages for negligently causing her death. Plaintiff alleges that, in consideration of $45 a week, she was accepted as an inmate under a verbal agreement by defendant to give her necessary medical attention and to furnish a trained nurse to be in constant attendance upon her. In the petition it is also alleged that her death was *163due solely to the wrongful act, neglect,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Parks v. Northwestern UniversityIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Hearns v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Downes v. Harper HospitalMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Adams v. University HospitalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
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- Silva v. Providence Hospital of OaklandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- Weston's Administratrix v. Hospital of St. VincentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Hospital of St. Vincent of Paul v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
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