GENERAL BENEVOLENT ASS'N. v. Fowler

Ethridge, C.

This is an action by a hospital patient for damages for the alleged negligence of the hospital nurses in breaking and leaving a piece of needle in the patient’s arm, with a resulting* infection. The suit was originated by Mrs. Hettie Fowler, appellee, in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, Mississippi, against appellant, General Benevolent Association, Inc., the owner and operator of the Laurel General Hospital, which is a private institution operated for profit. Appellee recovered a judgment, in the amount of $5,000.00.

Appellee was an employee of a…