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BRYANT v. PRESBYTERIAN HOSP. IN CITY OF N. Y.

304 N.Y. 538 (1953)

John Bryant, Appellant, v. Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 15, 1953

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin Isaacs for appellant.

Olin S. Nye and Matthew E. Lawless for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ., concur with LEWIS, J.; FROESSEL, J., dissents in opinion.

LEWIS, J.

The plaintiff, by this action, seeks recovery for personal injuries allegedly suffered by him while a patient in the defendant hospital, which injuries he claims resulted from the negligent administration of a single hypodermic medication by an undergraduate nurse.

The case is here on appeal by permission of the Appellate Division where a judgment of Trial Term was unanimously affirmed which...

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