Lane v. Calvert

Bruñe, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff, Henry F. Lane, brought this suit, both as ancillary administrator of his deceased wife, and individually, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against Dr. Read N. Calvert and Washington Sanitarium & Hospital, Inc., for alleged negligence in the performance of an operation on the plaintiff’s wife and for alleged negligence in postoperative care of the patient. The case was tried before the court and a jury and resulted in verdicts being directed for each of the defendants and judgments being entered accordingly, from which…