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SMID v. ST. THOMAS HOSP.

883 S.W.2d 632 (1994)

Carl SMID, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied September 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen Loftin Cornell, Nashville, for plaintiff/appellant.

Mary Martin Schaffner, Howell & Fisher, Nashville, for defendant/appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court September 6, 1994.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The plaintiff, a cardiac patient, fractured his wrist when he fell over an exercise machine located on the premises of the defendant hospital, where he had been sent to participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program. The trial court found that the plaintiff had voluntarily assumed the known risk of falling and injuring himself when he stepped backwards...

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