Legal Opinion
Swigerd v. City of Ortonville
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 10, 1956No. 36,683PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Matson, Justice.
Plaintiff, trustee for the surviving spouse and next of kin of the decedent, appeals from a judgment for the defendant.
Joseph C. Swigerd, plaintiff’s decedent, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on October 19, 1953, and on that date he was admitted to the Ortonville Municipal Hospital. Sometime thereafter he developed a bedsore which required treatment by the use of a heat lamp. On November 5, 1953, decedent received burns as a result of a fire which ignited during the course of a heat-lamp treatment and burned a part of the mattress and sheet of the bed on which he was lying.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dillon v. Rockaway Beach Hospital & DispensaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Mattfeld v. NesterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Frankle v. TwedtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Mulliner v. Evangelischer DiakonniessenvereinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Rice v. California Lutheran HospitalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Parker v. Port Huron HospitalMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
- State v. StaatSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Mounds Park Hospital, A/K/A N. W. Baptist Hospital Association v. Evelyn Von Eye and Dr. E. M. Hammes, Sr., Dr. E. M. Hammes Jr., and Dr. D. D. NormanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Nelson v. Trinity Medical CenterNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1988
- Lange v. Nelson-Ryan Flight Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
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