Underwood v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves a hospital visitor who was injured by a falling cover on a self-service ice dispenser in the hospital’s cafeteria. The visitor filed suit against the hospital in the Circuit Court for Davidson County alleging that her injuries were caused by the hospital’s negligent maintenance of the ice dispenser. The trial court granted the hospital’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of the visitor’s proof. The visitor asserts on this appeal that she made out a prima facie case of the hospital’s negligence under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. We affirm…