Legal Opinion
Smith v. Northshore Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 2015No. 2014 CA 0628PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDonald, j.
|Jn this appeal, a visitor who slipped and fell at a hospital challenges a summary judgment dismissing her claim for damages against the hospital. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On February 13, 2005, Joy Smith and Cynthia Bester went to visit a patient in the intensive care unit at Northshore Regional Medical Center (NRMC) in Slidell, Louisiana. As they walked down a hospital hall, Ms. Smith slipped, fell, and injured her left knee, left hip, and back. She filed a petition for damages against NRMC,2 alleging she fell in a puddle of water at a location in the hall where a…
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