Benedict v. Community Hospital

By JUDGE JACK B. COULTER

The discoverability of incident reports, by whatever name called, or their functional equivalents, is the issue of the moment in these proceedings. Evelyn G. Benedict was a patient in the Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley from October to December, 1983, having undergone amputation of the left leg below the knee. While recuperating, she claims that she sustained additional injuries to the stump of her leg, apparently as a result of three separate events: a blow to the stump of her leg during physical therapy on November 22, 1983; falling on her stump on November 27,…