SYLVESTER v. NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL OF MINNEAPOLIS

No. 35,691.

236 Minn. 384 (1952)

ERNEST SYLVESTER v. NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL OF MINNEAPOLIS.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 18, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Smith & Hedlund, for appellant.

Durham & Swanson, for respondent.


MATSON, JUSTICE.

Appeal from an order denying plaintiff's motion to vacate a directed verdict and for a new trial.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff as a result of defendant hospital's negligence in failing to protect plaintiff from injuries caused by the violence of another patient who was intoxicated.

Taking, as we must, the view of the evidence most favorable to plaintiff, it appears...

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