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GAULT v. POOR SISTERS OF ST. FRANCES SERAPH OF PERP. ADOR.

No. 16839.

375 F.2d 539 (1967)

Larry GAULT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POOR SISTERS OF ST. FRANCES SERAPH OF the PERPETUAL ADORATION, INC., a Corporation Organized and Existing under the Laws of the State of Indiana, doing business in Tennessee as St. Joseph Hospital, Sister Bernadine, Administrator, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

March 30, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton P. Allen, Memphis, Tenn., Armstrong, McCadden, Allen, Braden & Goodman, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief, for appellant.

James F. Schaeffer, Memphis, Tenn., for appellee.

Before O'SULLIVAN, EDWARDS and McCREE, Circuit Judges.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, an Indiana corporation doing business as St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, appeals from a jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $162,500. Plaintiff had alleged he had suffered serious and permanent injuries while a patient in defendant's hospital as the result of defendant's negligence in administering a solution of 10% sodium hydroxide (instead of an .85% saline solution) into plaintiff's stomach.

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