Dade County Public Health Trust v. Parker

The defendant Dade County Public Health Trust d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital seeks review of a final judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict in a negligence action arising from a fall by the plaintiff’s incompetent, Jimmy Lee Parker, from a hospital stretcher in the emergency room of the defendant hospital. The defendant raises several points on appeal relating to the admission at trial of certain evidence. We agree that these points present prejudicial error and reverse for a new trial based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.

First, we conclude that the trial court…