The defendant hospital appeals from a judgment entered against it upon a verdict of a jury for $150,000 rendered in an action brought to recover for the amputation, without plaintiff's consent, of her right leg below the knee. As a matter of law, however, the record fails to support a recovery against the hospital for other than nominal damages.
Serious injuries to plaintiff's leg, occasioned...
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