Howe v. Citizens Memorial Hospital of Victoria County

OPINION

GREEN, Chief Justice.

At the close of the evidence on the trial of this cause, the court sustained motions for instructed verdict filed by defendants County of Victoria, Texas and Citizens Memorial Hospital of Victoria County, Texas, and by defendants Dr. George A. Constant and Dr. F. S. Ted Shields, withdrew the case from the jury, and rendered a take-nothing judgment. The plaintiffs Ward Howe and wife, Estelle Howe, have appealed.

Plaintiffs filed suit against the named defendants for damages resulting when Mrs. Howe fell from her bed in the psychiatric ward of defendant hospital about…