COX v. EPISCOPAL EYE, EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL

No. 2008.

134 A.2d 328 (1957)

Ida May COX, Appellant, v. EPISCOPAL EYE, EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL, a corporation, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Dooley, Washington, D. C., with whom Victor J. Orsinger, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

John L. Laskey, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

Before us for review is an order dismissing a complaint which charged negligence against a hospital in connection with a surgical operation.

Plaintiff originally sued two physicians as well as the hospital, but later settled her claim against the physicians and as to them the suit was entered, settled and dismissed. Soon afterwards, plaintiff filed a pretrial statement and defendant hospital moved orally to dismiss the complaint; the...

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