Dollins v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellant contends that the circuit court erred in directing a verdict against him in his suit, individually and as administrator of his wife’s estate, against the appellee as liability insurance carrier for St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock. Appellant’s complaint sought recovery for damages sustained by appellant’s wife, Bertie'Evelyn Dollins, as the result of a fall while she was a patient in the hospital. Mrs. Dollins was originally a plaintiff in the action, but she died before the trial from causes unrelated to her fall.

On August 13, 1970, Mrs. Dollins…