BUTLER v. CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 9561.

412 P.2d 593 (1966)

Hazel R. BUTLER, an individual, and Hazel R. Butler, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter E. Butler, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, an Idaho Corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon K. Smith and John Hjellum II, Boise, for appellant.

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton and Gerald Schroeder, Boise, for respondent.


TAYLOR, Justice.

Hazel Butler, plaintiff (appellant), a frail woman, 47 years of age, had been a patient of Dr. Charles E. Krause for a period of approximately two years prior to the accident here involved. During this time she had suffered from gastroenteritis, had been surgically treated for gastric ulcer and had also been treated for duodenal ulcer. She was in a neurotic condition and complaining of pain. A synthetic analgesic narcotic called leritine had been...

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