Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Presbyterian Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 27, 1966PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment entered in plaintiff’s favor unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial ordered, with $50 costs to abide the event. Inasmuch as the jury rendered a general verdict it cannot be determined whether the defendant hospital was east in liability by reason of the conduct of the physician or the nurse, or by reason of the hospital’s failure- to provide adequate lighting in the hospital room. In sueh posture we must assume that the verdict was bottomed on all three grounds and if a verdict based upon any one of these grounds cannot be sustained this judgment may not stand (O’Connor v.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Rogers v. BurkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
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