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ADAMS v. CARTER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

548 S.W.2d 307 (1977)

Hazel Gladys ADAMS, Appellant, v. CARTER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and Dr. W.G. Frost, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Cowan, Jr., Tucker, Cowan & LaPorte, Elizabethton, for appellant.

J. Paul Coleman, Herndon, Coleman, Brading & McKee, James A. Weller, Weller & Miller, Johnson City, for appellees.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is an action by a widow for damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband who committed suicide while a patient in defendant hospital and under the care and treatment of defendant physician, Frost. The injuries resulting in death occurred on February 11, 1973, when plaintiff's husband plunged down a staircase at the hospital. Complaint in this action was filed on February 8, 1974. Summons was issued and served on the...

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