BURKOWSKE v. CHURCH HOSP. CORP.

No. 512, September Term, 1981.

50 Md. App. 515 (1982)

439 A.2d 40

LAURA DUNCAN BURKOWSKE v. CHURCH HOSPITAL CORPORATION.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Chiarello for appellant.

Robert Earl Wilson, with whom were William J. Kobokovich, Jr., and Huber, Lutche & Wilson on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOORE, WILNER and COUCH, JJ.


WILNER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the early afternoon of June 28, 1977, appellant and her mother went to the appellee hospital to visit a patient. As visiting hours had not yet commenced, they repaired to the waiting room where there were located several benches supplied by the hospital for its visitors. The mother, a large woman weighing about 350 pounds, sat on one of the benches without incident. Appellant purchased some soda and then joined her...

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