FINN, ADMINISTRATRIX v. VEATCH

No. 43,934

195 Kan. 13 (1965)

403 P.2d 189

EDNA FINN, Administratrix of the Estate of William Finn, Deceased, Appellee, v. (SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF WICHITA, KANSAS, Defendant); DR. H.J. VEATCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.L. White, of Pittsburg, and William Tinker, of Wichita, argued the cause, and R.L. Letton and J. Curtis Nettels, both of Pittsburg, and Arthur W. Skaer, Hugh P. Quinn, Alvin D. Herrington, Richard T. Foster, Lee H. Woodard, and William A. Hensley, all of Wichita, were with them on the brief for the appellant, H.J. Veatch.

J. John Marshall, of Pittsburg, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROBB, J.:

This is an appeal by a defendant doctor in a malpractice action originally instituted by decedent during his lifetime and revived by plaintiff, as Administratrix for the estate of her decedent husband, against such doctor and the hospital where decedent had been admitted as a patient for the purpose of having a hemorrhoidectomy performed.

The hospital did not appeal and is merely a defendant here...

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