Holtfoth v. Rochester General Hospital

The plaintiff, Lillian Holtfoth, seeks damages for personal injuries suffered by her while a patient in the defendant hospital and alleged to have been due to the defendant’s negligent failure to furnish a safe appliance and equipment for her use. As recovery by her husband in his separate action — for deprivation of his wife’s services and for the cost to him of his attempt to effect her cure — will depend upon the success of his wife’s action, reference will be made only to the action in which she is plaintiff, unless otherwise expressly noted.

The plaintiff entered the defendant hospital as…