Baptist Medical Center v. Byars

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment for $20,000.00 in a suit for personal injuries sustained by appellee when she slipped but did not fall in the defendant-hospital. The motion for a new trial was overruled.

The cause was submitted to the jury on one count which alleged that the hospital “negligently maintained the floors and hallways in said hospital in such a manner that the same were slick and were not reasonably safe for use.”

Appellant’s argued assignments of error raise two contentions — first, that the hospital performed all its duties owed to appellee and secondly, that…