ROANOKE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION v. HAYES


133 S.E.2d 559 (1963)

204 Va. 703

ROANOKE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, trading as Roanoke Memorial Hospital v. Jeane Franklin HAYES.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Poff, Roanoke (John H. Thornton, Jr., Woods, Rogers, Muse & Walker, Roanoke, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Richard S. Tilley, Harvey S. Lutins, Roanoke (John H. Kennett, Jr., Roanoke, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, WHITTLE, SNEAD, I'ANSON, and CARRICO, JJ.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

The plaintiff, Jeane Franklin Hayes, sued Roanoke Hospital Association, trading as Roanoke Memorial Hospital, for damages for personal injuries suffered by her on October 7, 1961, while she was in the defendant's hospital engaged in nursing James Leonard, a patient, by whom she was employed.

Her notice of motion alleged that the defendant had failed "to exercise ordinary and reasonable care and caution to provide Leonard a safe place to...

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