Gore v. Community Hospital, Inc.

CATINNA, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Graves Circuit Court dismissing upon motion for summary judgment the claim of William O. Gore and Fannie R. Gore against Community Hospital, Inc.

Fannie R. Gore, while an employee of the hospital, sustained a back injury on May 7, 1970. Shortly after her injury, she was admitted to the hospital as a patient. On June 20, 1970, she was again injured when a nurse at the hospital, while treating her, caused her to fall off the bed. See Community Hospital, Inc. v. Gore, Ky., 500 S.W.2d 422, decided May 4, 1973.

The Gores filed this…