Donson Nursing Facilities v. Dixon

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This is an action by the administrator of the estate of Stafford seeking damages for wrongful death and for pain and suffering. Plaintiff’s decedent was a resident in a nursing home operated by defendant. In May 1979 plaintiff’s decedent died from injuries received in a fire at the nursing home. Subsequently plaintiff filed this action alleging that his decedent’s injuries and death resulted from defendant’s negligent operation of the nursing home. Specifically, plaintiff alleges that his decedent caught his bed on fire when defendant permitted him to smoke in bed…