Wittmer v. Letts

-Is a county liable in damages to one who, as a pay patient in a County Hospital, sustains injuries due to the negligence of the hospital employees 1

Plaintiff’s petition alleges the establishment, operation and maintenance of a hospital by Washington County; that’plaintiff was a pay patient therein and sustained injuries by a fall due to excessive wax upon the floor of the hospital. Defendants to the action are the individual hospital trustees, the superintendent thereof, the Washington County Hospital, and Washington County. All defendants, jointly and severally, move to- dismiss alleging…