NATANSON v. KLINE

No. 41,476

186 Kan. 393 (1960)

350 P.2d 1093

IRMA NATANSON, Appellant, v. JOHN R. KLINE and ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL OF NURSING, INC., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Coulson, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Homer V. Gooing, Paul R. Kitch, Dale M. Stucky, Donald R. Newkirk, Robert J. Hill, Gerritt H. Wormhoudt, Philip Kassebaum, John E. Rees, Robert T. Cornwell and Willard B. Thompson, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant; Hugo T. Wedell, of Wichita, of counsel.

William Tinker, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Getto McDonald, Arthur W. Skaer, Hugh P. Quinn, William Porter, Alvin D. Herrington, Darrell D. Kellogg, Richard T. Foster, W.D. Jochems, J. Wirth Sargent, Emmett A. Blaes, Roetzel Jochems, Robert G. Braden, J. Francis Hesse, James W. Sargent, Stanley E. Wisdom, Vincent L. Bogart, Cecil E. Merkle, John W. Brimer and Harry L. Hobson, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, St. Francis Hospital and School of Nursing, Inc.

W.A. Kahrs, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Robert H. Nelson and H.W. Fanning, both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, John R. Kline.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, J.:

This is an action for malpractice against a hospital and the physician in charge of its radiology department to recover for injuries sustained as the result of radiation therapy with radioactive cobalt, alleged to have been given in an excessive amount.

The plaintiff (appellant), Irma Natanson, suffering from a cancer of the breast, had a radical left mastectomy performed on May 29, 1955. At...

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