Pullins v. Fentress County General Hospital & All-American Exterminating Co.

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the action of the Court of Appeals, Judge Drowota dissenting, which reversed the judgment of the trial court entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and against both defendants in the sum of $500,000.00 and dismissed the complaint upon the ground that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict for the defendants.

The plaintiff, Mary E. Pullins, is the wife of plaintiff, Norman E. Pullins. She and her husband filed the complaint in this case seeking damages for personal injuries which she alleges she…