Schuchatowitz v. Leff

The action was to recover for personal injuries which plaintiff alleges he sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant. On April 1, 1926, the defendant operated a private hospital at 15 East One Hundred and Eleventh street, New York city, occupying a six-story building, and had operated the same for many years prior to that date. The plaintiff was a Jewish rabbi, and had been five years in this country. A sister of plaintiff had been an inmate of defendant’s hospital for four years prior to April 1, 1926, the date when plaintiff was injured, and during this period the plaintiff had…