Pierce v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Ass'n

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1953-09-01

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Hamley, J. This appeal presents a single question, namely: Where a paying patient of a charitable, nonprofit hospital sustains injuries by reason of the negligence of a nurse, may such patient recover damages from the hospital? *163 The alleged, negligence consisted of the act of a hospital nurse in injecting a foreign substance into plaintiff’s left arm…

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