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SLATEN v. EARL CAMPBELL CLINIC HOSPITAL

565 S.W.2d 483 (1978)

Robert SLATEN, Petitioner, v. EARL CAMPBELL CLINIC HOSPITAL and Campbell Clinic Association, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Shockey, Robert J. Shockey, P.C., Chattanooga, for petitioner.

W.A. Moody, Nashville, Paul Campbell, Jr., Chattanooga, for respondents.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

Petitioner sustained severe personal injuries while a patient at the respondent hospital.1 Petitioner jumped or fell from an unguarded window of his third floor room and received spinal injuries resulting in paraplegia. It is insisted on his behalf that he was suffering from severe mental depression and that he jumped from the hospital window in an attempt to commit suicide. At best, however, this is...

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