Taylor v. Doctors Hospital

This matter is before us on the appeal of plaintiffs-appellants, G. Frances Taylor and her husband, Charles E. Taylor, from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of defendant, Doctors Hospital, on the issue of respondeat superior, and rejected the Taylors’ request for a jury instruction on punitive damages, submitting the case to the jury on the theory of negligence alone. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Doctors Hospital.

On October 30, 1980, Mrs. Taylor was admitted to Doctors Hospital after having been injured in an…