Legal Opinion
Methodist Hospital v. Ball
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 28, 1961PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
• CABNEY, J.
The plaintiff below, Charles P. Ball, Administrator, recovered a judgment of $25,000 for the alleged wrongful death of his son, Charles P. Ball, Jr. The hospital has appealed in error.
The son, aged 16, was injured about 11:20 P.M. on the night of October 31, 1958, while riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by his mother, Mrs. Charles P. Ball. Also in the automobile were a young lady, Miss Joy Blakely and a young man, Jordan Moore, both teen-age friends of young Ball.
The young people had attended a Halloween party at the G-raceland Baptist Church in Whitehaven, a suburb of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Spivey v. St. Thomas HospitalCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
- Wildman Mfg. Co. v. Davenport Hosiery MillsTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
- Osborn v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1945
- Poole v. First Nat. Bank of SmyrnaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946
- Tyrus v. Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Peggy Sue O'Neill and David O'neill, Individually and as Husband and Wife v. Vartkes KiledjianCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Ellis v. White Freightliner Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1980
- Ortiz v. Shah, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1995
- Cohen v. CookCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- Caldwell v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
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