Fitzgerald v. Hale

This action was instituted by the executrix of the will of Bridget McCarthy, deceased. The petition alleges decedent suffered personal injuries, caused by defendant’s negligence, by falling against a step in defendant’s laboratory September 29, 1954, from which injuries deeedent was recovered by January 1955, but, in April 1955, died from a cause not related thereto. The damages prayed were (a) $1556.29 for expense for medical services, hospitalization, etc., and (b) $7500 for pain and suffering attendant to the injuries, from September 29 through January. Upon motion of defendant the trial…