Gray v. Woodville Health Care Center

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

Martha Gray, Rose Marie Salvato, and Edmund Higginbotham, Executor of the Estate of Mary Ann Higginbotham appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of Dr. Kerry Evans and Woodville Healthcare Center. At issue is whether Appellants presented evidence of causation to support their negligence claims. Because they did not, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Brayton Gray was eighty years old when he entered the Woodville nursing home on December 27, 1999. He was recovering from surgery due to a right hip fracture sustained ten days earlier. At the time of his…