Moats v. Sisters of Charity of Providence

DIMOND, District Judge.

Each of the plaintiffs alleges that she was injured through the negligence of defendant, a corporation operating a hospital at Anchorage, Alaska. The negligence asserted is of defendant’s servant, a nurse. There is no suggestion that due care was not exercised by defendant in selection of the nurse. The cases have no connection except that the cause of damage in each case is said to have arisen out of similar circumstances.

The defendant has moved for judgment on the pleadings, or in the alternative, summary judgment, because of the character of the defendant as a…