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ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS. v. PROTHRO

No. CA 79-133.

590 S.W.2d 35 (1979)

ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jim PROTHRO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Petition for Review Denied December 3, 1979.

Released for Publication December 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips, El Dorado, for appellant.

Brown, Compton & Prewett, El Dorado, for appellee.

Released for Publication by the Court of Appeals December 5, 1979.

PILKINTON, Judge.

Appellee Jim Prothro, a 76 year old man, was a patient in Warner-Brown Hospital at El Dorado, Arkansas, with a fractured hip. Following surgery on October 21, 1974, to implant a prosthesis or metal ball into the right hip, Mr. Prothro developed an infection of staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as a staph infection. He alleges this infection was acquired as the result of...

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