Legal Opinion

Roche v. St. John's Riverside Hospital

New York Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1916PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Demurrer to first cause of action in complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.

The defendant has demurred to the first cause of action set forth in the complaint for insufficiency. The substance of the cause of action, as alleged, is a breach of a contract made by the defendant with the parents of plaintiff’s intestate, an infant less than four months ’ old, to receive the infant under its care and to watch, protect and safeguard him and exercise over him the constant, watchful surveillance and scrutiny which his tender age and helplessness required to the end promised by the defendant, that *291the said baby should be restored safe and sound to his mother upon the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  2. Busch v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
  3. Ward v. Saint Vincent's HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  4. Duncan v. St. Luke's HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  5. Ward v. St. Vincent's HospitalNew York Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
  2. Greco v. S. S. Kresge Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
  3. Mulliner v. Evangelischer DiakonniessenvereinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
  4. Zostautas v. St. Anthony De Padua HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Hinton v. Republic Aviation CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959

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