Clark v. Piedmont Hospital, Inc.

The petition alleged that the defendant “through its agents, servants and employees, was negligent in that said vaporizer was carelessly and wrongfully placed next to plaintiff’s bed; that the hot water was allowed to accumulate on plaintiff’s bed, causing her to burn her hand and lose her balance and fall over the vaporizer which had been negligently and carelessly placed in close proximity to plaintiff’s bed by the defendant’s agents, servants and employees.”

The plaintiff’s entire testimony as to what caused her to fall was as follows: “Well, I got up to go to the bathroom and when I came…