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SPARKS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. SMITH

No. CA 97-1478.

976 S.W.2d 396 (1998)

63 Ark.App. 131

SPARKS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant, v. Donna SMITH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division II.

October 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Alan Wooten, Kathryn Stock Campbell, Fort Smith, for Appellant.

Charles Karr, Fort Smith, for Appellee.

PITTMAN, Judge.

The appellee in this tort case, Donna Smith, sued the appellant, Sparks Regional Medical Center, alleging that, while she was a patient at Sparks on July 2, 1994, she was sexually assaulted by an employee assigned to bathe her. Appellee asserted that appellant had been negligent in hiring the employee, Jeff Chavez, because he previously had been discharged by another hospital for sexually harassing a patient. Appellee further asserted that appellant...

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