Montes v. Hartford Hospital

This action is brought against the defendant Hartford Hospital, hereinafter called the defendant, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by its corporate negligence. In the complaint as amended, the plaintiff seeks to invoke the benefit of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to establish the alleged corporate negligence.

The defendant does not challenge the plaintiff’s right to plead the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur but rather has demurred to so much of the complaint as amended as purports to set forth a cause of action based on the theory of res ipsa loquitur for…