DeCourcy v. Trustees of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Inc.

Rogosheske, Justice.

Irene M. DeCourcy died on January 6, 1960, at the age of 61, while a patient at defendant’s hospital. Her husband, as trustee for her heirs, brings this action for damages, claiming that due to defendant’s negligence decedent suffered a fracture of her hip during her hospitalization which contributed to cause her death. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court directed a verdict for defendant upon the ground that the evidence would not support a finding that the fracture contributed to cause decedent’s death.

Under the assignments of error the only question presented…