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FISCHER v. WILMINGTON GENERAL HOSPITAL

Civil Action No. 775, 1957.

149 A.2d 749 (1959)

Yolanda FISCHER and William Fischer, Plaintiffs, v. WILMINGTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

March 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey B. Lank and Joseph T. Walsh of Logan, Marvel, Boggs & Theisen, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

Rodney M. Layton of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant.

SEITZ, Chancellor.1

The plaintiffs are husband and wife. I shall refer to Mrs. Fischer as "plaintiff".

Plaintiff was admitted to the Hospital on July 30, 1956, to receive treatment in connection with an incomplete abortion. Dr. Frank Hassler performed a surgical procedure known as dilation and curettement upon plaintiff and in the process caused 500 cc's of whole blood to be administered to her. Although the Hospital vigorously...

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