Lyons v. Valley View Hospital

HALLEY, Justice.

The plaintiff sued defendant for injuries sustained from a fall upon the floor in one of the rooms in defendant’s hospital. At 'the trial the jury allowed her nothing.

The plaintiff raises only two points for reversal of this case. The first is:

“The court erred in giving to the jury the, court’s Instruction Numbered 17 as follows, to-wit:

“ ‘The mere fact that the plaintiff slipped on the floor and fell raises no presumption of negligence on the part of the defendant. Negligence must be proved like any other fact and is never presumed, and when proved must be shown to have been…