Anonymous v. Hospital

In this malpractice action charging the defendant hospital and physician with negligence in the performance of a bilateral tubular ligation, the defendants have by demurrer attacked the damage aspects of the plaintiffs’ cause of action.

Paragraph eight of the plaintiffs’ complaint alleges that the plaintiff mother “suffered the pain and trauma of the birth of a child, consequent damage to herself, pain and anxiety and nervousness over her pregnancy and childbirth. She became nervous and upset upon learning that she was pregnant. She was unable to carry on all of her household duties and…