Bryant v. Presbyterian Hosp. in City of NY

The plaintiff, by this action, seeks recovery for personal injuries allegedly suffered by him while a patient in the defendant hospital, which injuries he claims resulted from the negligent administration of a single hypodermic medication by an undergraduate nurse.

The case is here on appeal by permission of the Appellate Division where a judgment of Trial Term was unanimously affirmed which dismissed the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s evidence.

From the record before us it appears that following plaintiff’s admission to the defendant hospital on July 31,1949 — at which time he…