While standing in his hospital room, decedent experienced an episode of asystole (a state of no cardiac electrical activity) and collapsed, suffering a cerebral hemorrhage when his head struck the floor. Plaintiff alleges that defendant hospital failed to properly restrict or supervise decedent's ambulation.
Defendant met its burden of demonstrating its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law (see Alvarez v Prospect Hosp.,
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