METHODIST HOSPITAL v. GAMMEL

No. 43388.

252 Miss. 229 (1965)

172 So.2d 762

METHODIST HOSPITAL OF MISSISSIPPI ANNUAL CONFERENCE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT v. GAMMEL, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Kepper & Kepper, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


PATTERSON, J.

This is an appeal by the Methodist Hospital of Mississippi Annual Conference from a judgment of $1,000 rendered against it by jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Forrest County as the result of alleged negligence on the part of the defendant in failing to have side rails attached to plaintiff's bed and in leaving the plaintiff unattended, both to his resultant injury.

Plaintiff entered the hospital on October 8, 1962, for treatment of a moderate...

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