HELMAN v. SACRED HEART HOSPITAL

No. 36393.

62 Wn.2d 136 (1963)

381 P.2d 605

GEORGE E. HELMAN et al., Respondents, v. SACRED HEART HOSPITAL, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

May 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. MacGillivray and Paul F. Schiffner, for appellant.

Etter & Connelly and William L. Bennett, for respondents.


HALE, J.

Plaintiff husband1 brought this action to recover for injuries claimed as a result of a staphylococcus infection contracted while in the hospital. The jury returned a verdict for $67,839.97. Defendant appeals.

George E. Helman was injured in an automobile accident on July 4, 1957, near Wallace, Idaho. His chest was crushed, his left hip was dislocated, and he had multiple fractures in the area of the left hip socket and...

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