Teague v. Cherokee County Memorial Hospital

Rhodes, Justice:

This action arose out of an injury which occurred at the Cherokee Memorial Hospital on or about January 8, 1976. The appellant, while visiting a relative in that hospital, attempted to descend the stairs when the heel of her shoe caught in a hole, causing her to trip and fall down the flight of stairs.

This action was originally initiated as an action in negligence and after a demurrer was sustained on the gruond of governmental immunity, the action was repled as one in nuisance. The lower court once again sustained defendant’s demurrer and held that the allegations of…