Benedict v. Bondi

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

This case is ruled by the principles enunciated in McConnell v. Williams, 361 Pa. 355, 65 A. 2d 243.

According to the testimony presented on behalf of plaintiffs it appears that the minor plaintiff, J. Hogan Benedict, a three-year old child, became seriously ill one evening and was rushed the next day to the Mc-Keesport Hospital where an emergency operation was performed by defendant Dr. Frank R. Bondi. Mrs. Jean Streigel Waddell, also a defendant, was then a student nurse at the hospital working in and about the operating rooms. She testified that she…