St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Prothro

James H. Pilkinton, Judge.

Appellee Jim Prothro, a 76-year-old man, was a patient in Warner-Brown Hospital at El Dorado, Arkansas, with a fractured hip. Following surgery on October 21, 1974, to implant a prosthesis or metal ball into the right hip, Mr. Prothro developed an infection of staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as a staph infection. He alleges this infection was acquired as the result of an incident during physical therapy when the patient’s surgical wound was reopened.

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court entered on a jury verdict for appellee in the sum of…