Bryant v. Presbyterian Hosp. in City of NY

In this negligence action, plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed at the close of his case. He adduced evidence that he became a patient in defendant’s hospital on July 31,1949. After more than two weeks of treatment by physicians and nurses “ dressed all in white ”, and on August *54316th, he was told by one of the attending physicians that he could “ go home tomorrow.” His brother thereupon paid the hospital bill and sent him his clothes.

The following day, on August 17th, while dressed and waiting on the hospital porch for his discharge, he was approached by a person described by him as a nurse who…