Legal Opinion
Wilder v. St. Joseph Hospital
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 1955No. 39743PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
On June 25, 1954, Mrs. Bessie Lee Wilder filed her suit in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County against St. Joseph Hospital, a corporation, and Drs. E. E. Robinson and Gus A. Rush, Jr. The declaration charged that the doctors performed a hysterectomy on the plaintiff at the hospital about the middle of March, 1939; that the operation was performed in a negligent manner and that they failed to remove gauze, sponges and other substances, and in fact sewed up the incision, leaving such substances in her body; that thereafter she was in continuous and constant pain and the doctors failed to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Huysman v. KirschCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Perrin v. RodriguezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1934
- Ehlen v. BurrowsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- Masonic Benefit Ass'n v. First State BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Johnson v. CrislerMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Wyler v. TripiOhio Supreme Court · 1971
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