CROSTHWAIT v. SO. HEALTH CORP. OF HOUSTON

No. 2010-CA-00526-COA.

94 So.3d 1126 (2011)

Ruth Agnes CROSTHWAIT, Appellant v. SOUTHERN HEALTH CORPORATION OF HOUSTON, INC. d/b/a Trace Regional Hospital and Marcia Morgan, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Walker Jr. , attorney for appellant.

John G. Wheeler , Bethany Carol Bryant , attorneys for appellees.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., MYERS and CARLTON, JJ.


GRIFFIS, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Ruth Agnes Crosthwait fell and broke her hip while an inpatient at Trace Regional Hospital. She brought a lawsuit against Southern Health Corporation of Houston, Inc., which owns and operates the hospital, and Marcia Morgan, a registered nurse who is employed by the hospital. Crosthwait alleged that the hospital negligently caused her to fall after a shower in her hospital room. Crosthwait couched her claim as one for "ordinary...

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