Nathanson v. Lutheran Hospital Ass'n

Plaintiffs seek to increase their damage claim from $25,000 to $100,000 and to further amend the complaint to more fully describe the nerve injury claimed to have been sustained upon a spinal injection in an action for negligence.

The cause arose in 1949 and action was commenced in 1952 on the day before the expiration of the Statute of Limitations (Civ. Prac. Act, § 49, subd. 6). A brother of one of the plaintiffs was engaged as the attorney of record and trial counsel have been in the case for several years. These amendments were urged on the day of trial because, it is alleged, the physical…