CHAPMAN v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC.

60554.

156 Ga. App. 5 (1980)

274 S.E.2d 62

CHAPMAN v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Kirk, II, W. Alexander Byars, for appellant.

Albert W. Stubbs, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to defendant, St. Francis Hospital, in an action to recover damages arising out of the death of her decedent from burns he suffered while a patient. The issue before us is whether under the evidence a jury could determine that the hospital through its agents and servants breached a duty to prevent the injury to decedent.

The evidence shows that the decedent, Earney Benefield...

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