Legal Opinion
Hughes v. President of Georgetown College
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 4, 1940No. 88895PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROCTOR, Justice.
The plaintiff, Susan M. Hughes, was seriously and permanently injured in Georgetown University Hospital while about her duties as a nurse specially employed by á paying patient. A jury by special verdict found the injury to have resulted from negligence of a student nurse in the regular employ of the hospital. The defendant corporation is an eleemosynary institution. The hospital is one of the charitable activities conducted by it. An insurance policy protects defendant from any loss legally imposed in a tort action to the extent of $25,000, besides the costs of defense.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Hospital of St. Vincent of Paul v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Cohen v. General Hospital SocietySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Ettlinger v. Trustees of Randolph-Macon CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
- Hamburger v. Cornell UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
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3Cited by4 opinions
- President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Heimbuch v. President & Directors of Georgetown CollegeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1966
- Winters v. City of Jersey CityNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1972
- Winters v. City of JerseyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1972