Meyer v. McNutt Hospital
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Maxwell McNutt, Joseph C. Meyerstein, and Asher, Meyerstein & McNutt, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
MELVIN,
sued on account of injuries caused, as alleged, by the carelessness of defendant’s employees in allowing Bessie Meyer to be badly burned upon the legs by a hot-water bottle while she was unconscious from the effects of an anaesthetic administered to her before a surgical operation was performed upon her. A. E. Meyer is the husband of Bessie Meyer. Judgment for $750 was given in favor of plaintiffs, and defendant appeals therefrom as well as from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
It appears from the evidence that Mrs. Meyer upon the advice of her physician went to the…
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