Pierce v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Ass'n

This appeal presents a single question, namely: Where a paying patient of a charitable, nonprofit hospital sustains injuries by reason of the negligence of a nurse, may such patient recover damages from the hospital?

*163The alleged, negligence consisted of the act of a hospital nurse in injecting a foreign substance into plaintiff’s left arm, causing pain and permanent injury. It was not alleged that defendant failed to exercise due care in the selection or retention of the nurse, or that it was guilty of what has been termed “administrative negligence,” such as the failure to furnish proper…