Papini v. Alexander Sanitarium, Inc.

The plaintiffs sued for damages resulting from the death of their son, Joseph Papini, and had a verdict for $3,500. The defendants appeal from the judginent on the verdict raising two points—that the evidence is insufficient to show negligence on their part, and that the verdict is excessive. ■ • ¡

The record discloses a complete failure of proof ’ in both instances. The action was founded on the theory that the defendants, who conduct a private sanitarium for nervous diseases at Belmont, were negligent in their supervision of a patient named Boliva, and that because of such negligence, Boliva…