Ford v. Vanderbilt University

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SHBIVER, J.

The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the Court below.

■ The plaintiff, William IT. Ford, sued the defendants Vanderbilt University, The Board of Hospital Commissioners and the City of Nashville, for $20,000 damages on account of personal injuries sustained by him on or about July 11, 1954, while a patient at the Nashville General Hospital.

The case was tried before the Hon. E. F. Langford and /a jury in the Third Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tenn. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the trial Court sustained defendants’ motion for…