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TEXARKANA MEMORIAL HOSP., INC. v. FIRTH

No. 9540.

746 S.W.2d 494 (1988)

TEXARKANA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. d/b/a Wadley Regional Medical Center Appellant, v. Carolyn FIRTH, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Margaret Wagner, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Hlavinka, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, for appellant.

E. Ben Franks, Lavender, Rochelle, Barnette, Franks, Arnold, Texarkana, Jerry L. Davis, Davis and Brock, New Boston, Paul Hoover, Texarkana, for appellees.

GRANT, Justice.

This is an action for damages resulting from the death of Mrs. Margaret Wagner while she was a patient in Texarkana Memorial Hospital (hereinafter referred to as the hospital). Mrs. Wagner died when she jumped through a window in her room on the fourth floor of the hospital. Her estate and survivors (hereinafter referred to as appellees) sued the hospital alleging negligence and gross negligence in its care of Mrs. Wagner. The jury found in favor of...

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