MOUNDS PARK HOSPITAL v. VON EYE

No. 15697.

245 F.2d 756 (1957)

MOUNDS PARK HOSPITAL, a/k/a N. W. Baptist Hospital Association, Appellant, v. Evelyn VON EYE and Dr. E. M. Hammes, Sr., Dr. E. M. Hammes, Jr., and Dr. D. D. Norman, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bergmann Richards, Minneapolis, Minn. (Melvin D. Heckt, Greer E. Lockhart and Richards, Janes, Hoke, Montgomery & Cobb, Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief), for appellant.

Lawrence O. Larson, Minneapolis, Minn. (James P. Rorris and Eugene L. Heck, Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief), for appellee Evelyn Von Eye.

James H. Geraghty, St. Paul, Minn. (Lipschultz, Altman, Geraghty & Mulally, St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellees Dr. E. M. Hammes, Sr., et al.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and VOGEL and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Chief Judge.

Appellee Evelyn Von Eye brought this action against appellant Mounds Park Hospital and appellees Dr. E. M. Hammes, Sr., Dr. E. M. Hammes, Jr. and Dr. D. D. Norman to recover damages on account of personal injuries suffered by her by reason of the alleged negligence of said defendants in permitting her to escape from the hospital of defendant Mounds Park Hospital by jumping from a window located on the second floor of the hospital.

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