Legal Opinion
Garrett v. Escambia County Hospital Board
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 14, 1957No. 3 Div. 788PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
This suit was brought in 'the circuit court of Escambia County by Farris Garrett against Escambia County Hospital Board and a physician-surgeon to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while a patient in the D. W. McMillan Memorial Hospital operated by the defendant Board in Escambia County. The complaint alleged in substance that the hospital and the physician-surgeon undertook “for hire and reward” the medical and surgical care of the plaintiff while a patient in the hospital; that the defendants “so negligently, carelessly and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Talley v. Northern San Diego County Hospital DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- White v. Alabama Insane HospitalSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Laney v. Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Moore v. Walker CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Shaffer v. Monongalia General HospitalWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
3Cited by21 opinions
- Hutchinson v. Board of Trustees of University of AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Lorence v. Hospital Bd. of Morgan CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Clark v. Ruidoso-Hondo Valley HospitalNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
- Paul v. Escambia County Hospital BoardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- Hernandez v. County of YumaArizona Supreme Court · 1962
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