Keith v. Liberty County Hospital & Nursing Home

The District Court of Liberty County denied plaintiff’s motion for change of venue. Following a trial resulting in a jury verdict for defendant, plaintiff appeals from the order denying a change of venue.

In June, 1975, plaintiff filed an action for damages arising out of the death of her husband. Defendants in the action were the Liberty County Hospital and Nursing Home and Liberty County. Plaintiff alleged that negligence on the part of the hospital caused her husband’s death and sought to hold Liberty County, who operates the hospital, liable.

More than two years later as the trial date…