Legal Opinion
Turner v. Baptist Medical Center
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 5, 1982No. 82-19PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
George Rose Smith, Justice.
Marguerite Turner brought this tort action against Baptist Medical Center, a non-profit institution, alleging false imprisonment and assault and battery in that the defendant had illegally confined Mrs. Turner to its hospital from May 15 to May 31, 1978, and had mistreated her. Later on Mrs. Turner joined as defendants the Medical Center’s liability insurer and Dr. Charles S. Betts, the psychiatrist who had requested that Mrs. Turner be admitted to the Medical Center for observation and treatment. On motion for summary judgment the trial court found no genuine issue…
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