BURROUGHS v. BOARD OF TRUST. OF ALACHUA GEN. HOSP.

Nos. Z-285, Z-437.

328 So.2d 538 (1976)

Tarralene BURROUGHS and Charles Burroughs, Her Husband, Appellants, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ALACHUA GENERAL HOSPITAL and Herbert Wagemaker, M.D., Appellees. Dottie HARMON, a Minor, by Her Parents, Roger Harmon and Doris Harmon, et al., Appellants, v. Grace E. WILLARD et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Roscow, III, of Scruggs, Carmichael, Long, Tomlinson, Roscow, Pridgeon, Langdon & Helpling, Gainesville, and Joe C. Miller, II, of Miller, Perry, & Miller, Palatka, for appellants.

William M. Howell, and Robert O. Wilhelm, of Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, D'Aiuto & Dean, Jacksonville, and William C. O'Neal, of Chandler, O'Neal, Avera, Gray, Lang & Stripling, Gainesville, for appellees.


SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from summary judgments entered for defendants, the trustees of Alachua General Hospital and Dr. Wagemaker. Plaintiffs' claims are that, as a result of defendants' negligence, plaintiffs Tarralene Burroughs and Dottie Harmon were injured in February 1973, when the automobiles they occupied were struck by one driven by a patient of the defendants. The patient, who suffered from depression associated with alcoholism, had voluntarily placed...

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