HERNANDEZ v. COUNTY OF YUMA

No. 7011.

91 Ariz. 35 (1962)

369 P.2d 271

Lupe HERNANDEZ and Mary Hernandez, his wife, Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF YUMA, a body politic, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

March 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nebeker & Nebeker, Yuma, for appellants.

Bill Helm, Yuma County Attorney, Yuma, for appellee.


STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Mary Hernandez, as plaintiff, brought this action against the County of Yuma for personal injuries sustained while a patient in the county hospital. In her complaint she alleged that the hospital admitted to its facilities paying patients, that she was admitted as a private and paying patient paying the usual and customary charges, and that while in the hospital an employee negligently and carelessly placed a bedpan of boiling water under her...

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