Legal Opinion

Miller v. Warren Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Warren County Circuit Court

Decided July 30, 1986No. Case No. (Law) 6895Published

1Opinion of the Court

By JUDGE HENRY H. WHITING

The Court must now rule on the final question of whether it erred in permitting a hospital employee to testify about her "in-house" hospital investigation of the "incident" giving rise to a claim of negligence on the part of hospital employees when a patient cut his foot on glass allegedly left upon the floor of the halls of the hospital.

The issue is reflected in the following portions of the testimony of Mrs. Richardson, a nursing supervisor asked:

Q. In your responsibility as a nursing supervis- or, would you state whether or not you determined on the shift that Mr.…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Hoffman v. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  3. Haas v. KasnotSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  4. Brown v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
  5. Behr v. County of Santa CruzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959

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