Pivar v. Manhattan General, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
Defendant hospital appeals from an order setting aside a jury verdict in its favor of no cause of action, and granting a new trial. The action was brought to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate Gussie Pivar, who is claimed to have fallen from her hospital bed while convalescing from a gall bladder operation. A question of fact was presented concerning whether plaintiff’s intestate fell out of bed at the hospital and whether she died from that cause.
The trial court granted a new trial for error in the charge, in that the jury were not instructed that installation of…
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