Birmingham Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. Blackwell

Plaintiff became -a patient at the defend-^ ant's hospital while undergoing an operation performed by her physician. Immediately following the operation (as to which there was no complaint), she fell into such a state of collapse as to require resort to restorative methods. Plaintiff insists that, in thus treating her for restoration, the nurses at the hospital applied a hot water bottle to the lower part of her abdomen, with the water too warm, and without sufficient protection to her body, so as to produce a burn thereon which proved of a serious character. That plaintiff was badly burned…