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Title: Sol Haber Et Al. v. Cross County Hospital
Author : Court of Appeals of New York
Release Date : January 28, 1975
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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[37 N.Y.2d 888 Page 889] Memorandum. The general rule that a hospital is not liable in negligence for the failure to erect bed rails, absent professional medical direction (Grace v Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hosp., 301 NY 660; Mossman v Albany Med. Center Hosp., 34 A.D.2d 263), does not apply where the hospital establishes a rule that bed rails were to be set up in all cases where the patient is over 50 years of age. This common-sense precaution adopted by the hospital in recognition of the frailities of older patients did not require medical direction. Only administrative action was needed to implement the rule.