WOMACK v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

48670.

131 Ga. App. 63 (1974)

205 S.E.2d 72

WOMACK v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 23, 1974.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Adams, Brennan & Gardner, Edward T. Brennan, Richard A. Rominger, for appellant.

Falligant, Doremus, Karsman, Kent & Toporek, A. Martin Kent, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Frank W. Seiler, for appellees.


PANNELL, Judge.

Plaintiff below brought suit because of injuries allegedly received as result of a fall in a bathtub in his hospital room occasioned by a defective grab bar. Plaintiff had been admitted for treatment of a suspected ruptured disc sustained two months earlier when he slipped and fell at his place of employment. Three days after admission, the suspicion was confirmed when two ruptured discs were surgically corrected.

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