Evans v. Lawrence & Memorial Associated Hospitals, Inc.

This case concerns the well-worn question of the liability of an eleemosynary corporation for the negligent acts of its employees. Six newborn infants were fed a poisonous solution of boric acid, negligently prepared, instead of dextrose. As a result five of them died and one suffered personal injuries. Actions were brought to recover damages for the death or injury to each of them. The cases were tried together and submitted on one record. The plaintiffs had verdicts which the trial court refused to set aside and the defendant appealed from that refusal and from the resulting judgments.

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