Branca v. Shore Memorial Hospital

EDWARD S. MILLER, J. S. C.

This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery by defendant Shore Memorial Hospital of the statement of a fact witness to an accident.

On March 16, 1980 plaintiff Charlene Branca was a visitor at the hospital. The elevator she took to the main floor allegedly stopped two feet above floor level, whereupon she stepped out, fell and fractured her right arm. Security Guard Michael Savino arrived at the scene moments after plaintiff’s fall. *317Emergency room records indicate that Savino saw the elevator stopped above floor level. Savino was employed…