Lewis v. Columbus Hospital

The question to be reviewed upon this appeal relates to the liability of the defendant-appellant hospital for injuries received by plaintiff when the defendant, Anthony Flandina, an intern employed by the hospital, mistakenly used carbolic acid in the treatment of an earache of which plaintiff complained. Plaintiff has been awarded a verdict against both defendants. The defendant Flandina has not appealed.

A service- offered to employees by the defendant hospital was free treatment for minor injuries or ailments. The plaintiff, a nurse’s aide employed by the hospital, went to the first aid…