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JEWISH HOSPITAL ASS'N OF LOUISVILLE, KY. v. LEWIS

442 S.W.2d 299 (1969)

The JEWISH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, INC., Appellant, v. Marshall LEWIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 27, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis N. Garlove, Allan Weiss, Louisville, for appellant.

James Levin, Hanish & Hanish, Louisville, for appellee.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

While Marshall Lewis was a patient in the Jewish Hospital in Louisville an orderly undertook to insert in his penis a Foley catheter for the purpose of draining his bladder. A nurse had reported to Lewis' doctor, by telephone, that Lewis' bladder was distended and the doctor had directed a catheterization. However, Lewis, whose only knowledge of any such direction was through the statement of the orderly that "it is orders," strongly protested...

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