Legal Opinion
Harris v. Harris County Hospital District
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 6, 1977No. 16881PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Justice.
Carlos Harris sued the Harris County Hospital District, alleging severe personal injury as a result of the District’s negligence while he was hospitalized at the District’s Ben Taub General Hospital. After Harris was admitted to the psychiatric ward of the hospital for observation and treatment he escaped by knocking out two plexiglass window panes in the ward’s entrance doors. He ran to another wing of the hospital, climbed through an outside window to the roof, and fell three floors to the ground, injuring his back. The jury found Harris’ damages to be in the amount of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mounds Park Hospital, A/K/A N. W. Baptist Hospital Association v. Evelyn Von Eye and Dr. E. M. Hammes, Sr., Dr. E. M. Hammes Jr., and Dr. D. D. NormanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Davis v. Springfield HospitalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
- Louis F. Bornmann v. Great Southwest General Hospital, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Fetzer v. Aberdeen ClinicSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1925
- Harris Hospital v. PopeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
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