Legal Opinion
Summers v. Wallace Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1960No. 16400PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
In this Idaho malpractice case brought in federal court because of diversity of citizenship, judgment of dismissal was entered on a directed verdict for defendants. The verdict was so directed on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. Elsie Summers, the plaintiff, appeals.
The facts are simple and not in dispute. In March 1951 Dr. Hubert E. Bonebrake, one of the appellees, utilizing the facilities of appellee hospital, performed upon appellant a surgical operation known as a total hysterectomy. In so doing a curved surgical needle was…
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