Lesser v. St. Elizabeth Hospital

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice summary judgment case. Pauline Lesser brought suit against St. Elizabeth Hospital and three doctors alleging negligence in the treatment of her husband, Frank Lesser. Mrs. Lesser non-suited two of the doctors. The hospital and the remaining doctor filed motions for summary judgment. The trial court granted the hospital’s motion and severed the actions. Mrs. Lesser appeals from the granting of the summary judgment.

Mrs. Lesser pleaded: “[T]he defendant hospital did not exercise that degree of care reasonably expected from a hospital and as a…