Brown v. Durden

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant brought this action against physician Mark Durden and members of the latter’s office staff, seeking to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband resulting from a fall from an examining table in Durden’s office. She brings this appeal from the grant of the defendant-appellees’ motion for summary judgment.

The decedent had been a patient of Dr. Durden’s for approximately eight years prior to his death, during which time he had been treated for blackouts and seizures. On the day in question, the appellant had found her husband lying in…