TURNER v. BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

No. 82-19.

631 S.W.2d 275 (1982)

Marguerite TURNER, Appellant, v. BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Witt & Donovan, by Ernie Witt, Paris, for appellant.

Barber, McCaskill, Amsler, Jones & Hale, Little Rock, for Doctor Betts.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark by Phillip Macolm and Laura A. Hensley, Little Rock, for Baptist Medical Center and St. Paul Fire and Marine.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Marguerite Turner brought this tort action against Baptist Medical Center, a non-profit institution, alleging false imprisonment and assault and battery in that the defendant had illegally confined Mrs. Turner to its hospital from May 15 to May 31, 1978, and had mistreated her. Later on Mrs. Turner joined as defendants the Medical Center's liability insurer and Dr. Charles S. Betts, the psychiatrist...

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