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CHEATHAM v. BISHOP CLARKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 33700.

70 N.W.2d 96 (1955)

160 Neb. 297

Berniece CHEATHAM, Appellant, v. BISHOP CLARKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, a Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 29, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Viren, Emmert & Hilmes, Eisenstatt, Seminara & Lay, Donald P. Lay, Omaha, for appellant.

Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, William P. Mueller, Omaha, for appellee.

Joseph O. Burger, Edwin Cassem, George N. Mecham, Omaha, John J. Gross, West Point, Sam C. Zimmerman, Lincoln, amici curiae.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER CHAPPELL, WENKE and BOSLAUGH, JJ.

WENKE, Justice.

Berniece Cheatham brought this action in the district court for Douglas County against Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, a corporation. The purpose of the action is to recover damages for injuries she claims to have suffered while a patient in a hospital owned and operated by the defendant. The basis for the action is her claim that one of defendant's agents negligently spilled some ether in the bed she was occupying which resulted in the injuries...

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