Harris v. Woman's Hospita
New York Court of Common Pleas
Exceptions from trial term. Action by Abraham Harris as administrator, etc., against the Woman’s Hospital in the state of New York. The complaint was dismissed, and plaintiff’s exceptions were ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, C. J.
This is an action to recover damages for the death of Jennie Harris, the wife of Abraham Harris, the plaintiff, who, as her administrator, claims under the statute which gives a right of action for the wrongful act, negligence, or default causing the death of a person who would have had a cause of action for such wrongful act, neglect, or default if death had not ensued. Code, § 1902. The deceased was received as a patient in the Woman’s Hospital in the city of Hew York on January 9, 1889, for treatment for a lacerated cervix, and submitted to an operation performed by the late Dr. James P.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Hubbell v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Loftus v. . Union Ferry Company of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Small v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
3Cited by9 opinions
- Hearns v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Brown v. La Société Française De Bienfaisance MutuelleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
- Davis v. Springfield HospitalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
- Smith v. SimpsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1926
- Van Tassell v. Manhattan Eye & Ear HospitalNew York Supreme Court · 1891
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