Lakeside Hospital v. Kovar

There is ample testimony in the record to support the answer of the defendant below that Lakeside Hospital is a public, charitable hospital and not organized for profit, etc. Counsel for the hospital substantially admit that the act of one of its nurses was one of negligence which proximately caused the death of the patient; but in support of their claim of nonliability they rely upon the pronouncement of this court that, even so, the hospital is not liable unless the plaintiff has proven that the hospital authorities were negligent in the selection or retention of its nurses. They rest their…