Kallenberg v. Beth Israel Hospital

In this action to recover damages for wrongful death arising out of alleged negligence and malpractice, the defendants, Beth Israel Hospital, Dr. A. Kirschenbaum and Dr. Ralph Adelman, appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a jury’s verdict against all defendants, in the sum of $55,000 for wrongful death, and $15,000 for pain and suffering.

The decedent, Mrs. Belle Kallenberg, then 55 years of age, died on August 26, 1965, at Beth Israel Hospital, following her third hemorrhage from a cerebral aneurysm. She had been admitted to this hospital on August 19,1965, as a private…