Conte v. Hospital for Joint Diseases

Judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered April 28, 1967 upon a jury verdict, affirmed, with costs. Plaintiff, a paying patient at the defendant hospital, has been awarded damages for injuries allegedly incurred when a hospital employee committed an intentional tort against her. Liability of a private hospital to a patient for intentional torts is not absolute. Instead, the hospital has the duty to exercise reasonable care and diligence in safeguarding a patient from harm occasioned by employees or third persons, measured by the capacity of the patient to provide for her own…