Rice v. California Lutheran Hospital

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant, Lutheran Hospital Society ■ of Southern California, a corporation, notwithstanding a verdict in her favor, in an action for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of said defendant.

Plaintiff, on the recommendation of her physician, entered the defendant’s hospital as a patient at 7 :30 p. m. on Thursday, October 8, 1942, for an operation consisting of the removal of her uterus which was affected with cancer. She was assigned to a room and put to bed, where she remained until the following Saturday morning when the…