Roth v. Havens, Inc.

— Appellant hospital, defendant below, appeals from a judgment upon a verdict in favor of respondents for personal injuries to respondent wife. 2

Error is ássigned to the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. On such assignment, the evidence is considered in the light most favorable to respondent, together with all favorable inferences.

On June 4, 1957, respondent wife’s attending physician referred her to a psychiatrist for treatment of a nervous depression. After examination, the psychiatrist prescribed a course of electric shock treatments, and,…