Kinsley v. Carravetta

This action is predicated upon the theory of malpractice on the part of the defendants while respondent was a patient in Fordham Hospital, a city institution. At the close of the entire case, without objection on the part of the respondent, a verdict was directed in favor of Drs. Carravetta and Drews. The jury returned a verdict against the appellants.

*214The defendant Dr. Carravetta was an interne in the hospital and his immediate superior was the defendant Dr. Drews, who was house surgeon. Dr. Nicoll, one of the appellants, was a director of surgery in general charge of a ward, made up of one…