CHRISTIAN v. WILMINGTON GENERAL HOSPITAL ASS'N


135 A.2d 727 (1957)

Barbara Lynn CHRISTIAN, an Infant, by her next friend, James A. Christian, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. WILMINGTON GENERAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

November 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Booker, Wilmington, for appellant.

E.N. Carpenter, II, Wilmington, for appellee.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.


WOLCOTT, Justice.

This appeal seeks reversal of a directed verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff's testimony in the trial of an action before the Superior Court against the defendant hospital, based on the alleged negligence of its agent.

The facts may be stated as follows: The plaintiff, in January, 1953, the time of the injury, was approximately sixteen months of age and, while playing in her home...

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