Legal Opinion

Washington v. Goodman

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 1, 1992No. 91-CA-0470-MRPublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Judge.

Essie Washington, as executrix of the estate of Fielding Jones, brings this appeal from a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court entered upon an adverse jury verdict. We remand with directions.

The facts are these: On or about July 7, 1987, Essie’s decedent, Fielding Jones, an elderly black man, fell at home and suffered a fracture of his right hip. He was taken to Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, where Dr. Robert P. Goodman (Goodman), a white orthopedic surgeon, surgically pinned the broken hip with a hip nail. Jones was discharged on July 31, 1987, but was…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by38 opinions

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