Long ex rel. Cotten v. Brookside Manor

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Brookside Manor (Brookside), a limited partnership, from the judgment of the trial court entered on the jury’s verdict. The jury determined that Brookside was guilty of negligence in the hiring of defendant, Keeble Bradley, as a certified nursing technician.

FACTS

Plaintiff, Annie Louise Long, was a patient at Brookside, a nursing home located in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Long was assaulted and injured by Keeble Bradley, an employee of Brookside. In her complaint filed against Brookside and Keeble Bradley, plaintiff alleged in pertinent part,…