Legal Opinion

Stuart Circle Hospital Corp. v. Curry

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 12, 1939No. Record No. 2066PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.

This action was instituted by Mrs. Zenophine Curry, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, for damages alleged to have been occasioned to her while an inmate of a hospital operated and conducted by the Stuart Circle Hospital Corporation, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. The negligence is alleged to have occurred in the performance of medical and nursing services by the agents, servants and employees of the defendant, which services the hospital had undertaken and held itself out to perform for the plaintiff.

There were two distinct injuries,—one resulting from the injection of a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Weston's Administratrix v. Hospital of St. VincentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
  2. Stacy v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  3. Jenkins v. Charleston General Hospital & Training SchoolWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Norfolk Protestant Hospital v. PlunkettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
  5. Brown v. La Société Française De Bienfaisance MutuelleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Bradshaw v. Iowa Methodist HospitalSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
  2. Hernández Rivera v. Gobierno de la CapitalSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1960
  3. Guilliams v. Hollywood HospitalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Adamski v. Tacoma General HospitalCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978
  5. Torrence v. KusminskyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1991

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