National Homeopathic Hospital v. Hord

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action for damages for the death of a child three days old. The facts are stated in an opinion rendered by Judge Holtzoff, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. Hord v. National Homeopathic Hospital, D.C.1952, 102 F. Supp. 792. The contention principally urged by the defendant-appellant is that the jury should have been instructed to confine its verdict, in the event it found for the plaintiff, to the out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by the parents. We cannot accept this contention. For the reasons set forth in the…