McCall v. St. Joseph's Hospital

165 N.W.2d 85 (1969)

184 Neb. 1

Frances McCALL, Appellant,

v.

ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, Appellee.

No. 36946.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 14, 1969.

Shrout, Nestle & Caporale, Omaha, for appellant.

Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Joseph P. Cashen, Lyman L. Larsen, William J. Riedmann, Omaha, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C.J., SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ., and STUART, District Judge.

WHITE, Chief Justice.

The question involved in this case is hospital liability under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur for staphylococcus infection occurring after and in connection with an…