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THOMAS v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

No. 17891.

618 S.W.2d 791 (1981)

Josephine E. THOMAS, Appellant, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Milutin, K. Michael Mayes, Harvill & Hardy, Houston, for appellant.

Roger A. Rider, Richard Sheehy, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Tom Lorance, Wilton Chalker, Lorance, Thompson & Wittig, Houston, for appellees.

Before COLEMAN, C. J., and PEDEN and SMITH, JJ.

PEDEN, Justice.

Josephine E. Thomas appeals from a take-nothing judgment rendered in a wrongful death and survivor's suit brought in strict tort liability, negligence, and breach of warranty against St. Joseph Hospital and Whitehouse Company. Mrs. Thomas's husband, Burrell Thomas, died in St. Joseph Hospital after suffering burns over a substantial portion of his body when he dropped a lighted match and ignited his hospital gown. The trial judge directed a verdict...

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