Robinson v. Fort Worth Hospitals Holding Corp.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

On November 28, 1935, Mrs. Minnie Lulu Robinson was taken to the Baptist Hospital, operated by the Fort Worth Hospitals Holding Corporation, for treatment for injuries she had received in jumping from a burning building in the city of Fort Worth. Her injuries were of a serious nature, consisting of laceration of the scalp, general contusion and abrasions, and a fractured pelvis. She was carried to the hospital in an ambulance of the Shannon’s Funeral Home for emergency treatment, but not at the instance of the hospital authorities nor at the request of Mrs. Robinson…