Franklin v. Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital

TOMLIN, Judge.

This appeal involves the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Plaintiffs, administrators of the estate of the decedent, George Franklin, (hereafter “plaintiffs”) brought suit against the Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital, a/k/a Collins Chapel Health Care Center (hereafter “defendant” or “nursing home”) for the wrongful death of their decedent, alleging that thermal burns incurred by decedent while a patient in the nursing home contributed to his death. The case was tried to a jury in the Circuit Court of Shelby County and resulted in a verdict for defendant.…