JEFFERSON HOSP. ASS'N INC. v. GARRETT

No. 90-155.

804 S.W.2d 711 (1991)

304 Ark. 679

JEFFERSON HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Patsy C. GARRETT, Administratrix of the Estate of Edith O. Crain, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Angel, Little Rock, for appellants.

Bill R. Holloway, McGehee, for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

Plaintiff, Patsy Garrett, as administratrix of her mother's estate, filed suit against defendant, Jefferson Hospital Association, Inc., and its insurer, defendant, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. The complaint alleged the hospital was negligent in leaving the decedent unattended on a bedside commode, and that negligence resulted in a fall which was the proximate cause of her death. The complaint sought damages for the decedent's medical...

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