Coastal Health Services, Inc. v. Rozier

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In June 1982 the late Fannie S. Murray was admitted as a patient, with the diagnosis of chronic brain syndrome, at the Ware Manor nursing home. She was 85 years old at the time, and because of her confused state of mind and propensity to wander, her treating physician advised restraint on an “as needed” basis. On or about July 28, 1982, August 29, 1982, and September 1, 1982, she was injured by other patients at the facility after she had wandered into the other patients’ rooms. After the last incident, her family removed her from the facility. Fannie Murray died on…