Lichti v. Schumpert Medical Center

J^DREW, J.

In this case, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant, Schumpert Medical Center, in an action brought by Dottie and Bruce Lichti for injuries that Mrs. Lichti suffered when she fell from a chair on which she had been standing while attempting to close the blinds in her hospital room. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the trial court’s grant of summary judgment.

FACTS

In August 1997, Mrs. Lichti was a patient at Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport for the treatment of bronchitis and back pain. According to her deposition testimony, Mrs. Lichti called…