Kane v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

Opinion

ROUSE, J.

Plaintiff, Ruth Kane, appeals from a judgment of nonsuit in an action for personal injuries. Decision of the trial court was entered upon motion by defendant, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (Hartford), following presentation of an opening statement stipulated to contain the facts which plaintiff proposed to prove in support of her complaint.

In March 1971, plaintiff, Ruth Kane, was raped by Eddie Williams upon the premises of a Kaiser Foundation Hospital (Kaiser). Williams was an employee of Certified Janitorial and Window Cleaning Company (Certified), an independent…