PULLINS v. FENTRESS CTY. GEN. HOSPITAL, ETC.


594 S.W.2d 663 (1979)

Mary E. PULLINS and Norman E. Pullins, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. FENTRESS COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL AND ALL-AMERICAN EXTERMINATING COMPANY, INC., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Petition to Rehear Denied February 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Hall, Donald F. Paine, Knoxville, for plaintiffs-petitioners; Egerton, McAfee, Armistead & Davis, P.C., Knoxville, and John E. Appman, Jamestown, of counsel.

Proctor Upchurch, Crossville, for defendant-respondent, Fentress County General Hospital; Upchurch & Turner, Crossville, of counsel.

C.A. Cameron, William A. Cameron, Cookeville, for defendant-respondent, All-American Exterminating Co., Inc.; Cameron & Madewell, Cookeville, of counsel.


OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the action of the Court of Appeals, Judge Drowota dissenting, which reversed the judgment of the trial court entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and against both defendants in the sum of $500,000.00 and dismissed the complaint upon the ground that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict for the defendants.

The plaintiff, Mary E. Pullins, is the wife...

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