Tribble v. Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart

Harry Tribble, for a consideration paid by him, became a patient at the Columbus Sanitarium, a hospital operated by the defendant, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, a corporation, at Seattle. After an operation in the surgery, and while still under the influence of an anesthetic, he was taken to his room and placed in bed. His attendant or attendants neglected to remove an aluminum bottle of hot water that had been placed in the bed, and which in a short time severely burned and injured him. He sued the defendant, alleging negligence in its care of him and negligence in the…