SKEEN v. SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH

No. 43,897

194 Kan. 212 (1965)

398 P.2d 587

JOSEPHINE SKEEN, Appellee, v. THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF WICHITA, KANSAS, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.D. Klenda, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Emmet A. Blaes, Roetzel Jochems, Robert G. Braden, J. Francis Hesse, James W. Sargent, Stanley E. Wisdom, Cecil E. Markel, Harry L. Hobson, Bruce W. Zuercher, Charles M. Cline, Richard A. Loyd, and Stephen M. Blaes, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Mearle D. Mason, of Wichita, argued the cause and Theodore H. Hill and Richard L. Fox, both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, C.J.:

This case stems from an action for damages for alleged malpractice on the part of a hospital. The appeal is from orders of the district court denying a motion to quash the service of summons and overruling a demurrer to the amended petition.

The facts necessary to present the issues may be stated briefly.

On June 24, 1963, the plaintiff, Josephine Skeen, filed a petition for injuries alleged...

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