Foster v. Baptist Memorial Hospital

MATHERNE, Judge.

The plaintiff sues for damages due to personal injuries received as result of two separate incidents brought about by the alleged negligence of the defendant hospital. Incident number one occurred on October 31, 1970, when the plaintiff, while working as an employee of Guardsmark, Inc. and assigned to patrol and guard the defendant’s premises, fell down an unlighted elevator shaft. As result of that fall the plaintiff was confined in the defendant hospital suffering from various bruises and abrasions about the body and more particularly with a fracture of the right hip. While…