Howard v. Middlesborough Hospital

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Perry —

Affirming.

The appellant instituted suit against the appellees for the alleged unskillful and negligent manner of operating its hospital, when, by reason of appellees’ inattention and negligence, appellant, while a pay patient and delirious therein, was permitted to leap from the window of his third-story room in this hospital and which directly resulted in appellant’s serious and permanent injury, for which, in this action, recovery of damages is sought.

By the averments of appellant’s petition and amended petition, it appears that the defendant hospital was…