Wallwork v. City of Nashville
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM .DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit. Court of Davidson County.— Hon. A. B. Neil, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
Miss Wallwork instituted this suit to recover damages for injuries sustained while a patient at the City Hospital.
The defendants to the suit are the city of Nashville, the hospital commissioners of said city, Miss Wickham and Miss Wright, two nurses in charge of the ward in which plaintiff was a patient at the time of her injury.
The superintendent of the hospital, Dr. Fessey, was also made a party defendant, but plaintiff dismissed her suit as to him before the trial.
*683At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, a motion for a directed verdict was sustained as to all of the defendants except…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Maxmilian v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Weston's Administratrix v. Hospital of St. VincentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Love v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Benton v. Trustees of the City HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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- Baptist Memorial Hospital v. CouillensTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
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