While studying causation tonight for Criminal Law, I reviewed the case of
United States v. Hamilton (District of Columbia, 1960). In this case, the defendant beat up the victim, who was taken to the hospital. The victim subsequently died when he pulled tubes from his throat and asphyxiated. The defendant was eventually convicted of manslaughter.
My favorite quote from the case:
Promptly upon arrival at the hospital, the deceased came into the competent hands of the Chief Resident of the Neurological Service, who impressed the Court as a completely dedicated and entirely devoted physician.
The doctor gets a gold star from the Court!
2 comments:
It might be my ignorance showing here, but WHO made that statement? The judge? Or, is it just a general consensus from all who make up the court?
That's a good question.
In this case, the statement was written by the judge who wrote the majority opinion. So, a judge.
The cynical part of me wondered, this being Washington D.C. and therefore not a large area, whether the judge thought there was a reasonable chance he might end up getting medical care in the same place some day.
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