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SHOVER v. IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL

No. 50106.

107 N.W.2d 85 (1961)

Lillian SHOVER, Appellee, v. IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Paul Jones and W. C. Hoffmann, Des Moines, for appellant.

Charles J. Cardamon, and Lex Hawkins, Des Moines, for appellee.

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

About 12:30 a. m. on April 29, 1956, plaintiff, then a bed patient in defendant hospital, fell to the floor in a hallway between a rest room and the room occupied by her. She was unattended by a nurse or other aide when she fell. She alleges she was seriously injured about her back and legs, necessitating two operations for a herniated intervertebral disc and a cordotomy. Also that the fall was caused by defendant's negligence in not following...

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