Roberts v. Blount Memorial Hospital

OPINION

McMURRAY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court sustaining motions for summary judgment filed on behalf of the Blount Memorial Hospital (defendant). In their complaint, the plaintiffs charged that a male nurse, Jody Maddry, sexually assaulted them while they were patients in the defendant hospital and seek damages on a theory of vicarious liability.1 They further assert that the hospital was guilty of independent negligence in failing to adequately investigate Maddry’s background before his employment by the defendant; failure to report the incident as required…