Case Name: William H. Bearse vs. New England Deaconess Hospital
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1947-03-05
Citations: 321 Mass. 750
Docket Number: 
Parties: William H. Bearse vs. New England Deaconess Hospital.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 321
Pages: 750–750

Head Matter:
William H. Bearse vs. New England Deaconess Hospital.
March 5, 1947.
T. J. Murphy, for the plaintiff.
P. S. Ratzkoff, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Exceptions overruled. This is an action of tort brought against the defendant, a public charitable corporation, a hospital for the care of the sick, to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while a patient in the hospital. A verdict was directed for the defendant upon the plaintiff's opening, and the plaintiff excepted. None of the facts stated in the opening takes the case out of the general principle stated and applied in Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 235 Mass. 66, with respect to the liability of such a hospital for injuries sustained by a patient by reason of negligence. The verdict was rightly directed.