WELKER v. SCRIPPS CLINIC ETC. FOUNDATION

Docket No. 6706.

196 Cal.App.2d 338 (1961)

16 Cal. Rptr. 538

ZELMA WELKER, Respondent, v. SCRIPPS CLINIC AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

October 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Arvin H. Brown, Jr., and Henry F. Walker for Appellant.

Robert H. Green for Respondent.


COUGHLIN, J.

The plaintiff, who is the respondent herein, sued the defendant, which is the appellant herein, for damages on account of injuries sustained while she was a patient at a hospital operated by the defendant; alleged that her injuries were caused by the defendant's negligence; and recovered judgment. The defendant appeals, contending that the trial court erred in refusing to submit to the jury the issue of contributory negligence, which had been pleaded...

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