Sparks v. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Carley, Chief Judge.

When he broke his leg, appellant-plaintiff became a patient at appellee-defendant hospital. Appellant’s leg was re-injured while he was being transported in a wheelchair by appellee’s supervisor of patient transportation. As the result of this re-injury, appellant filed this suit, alleging that “[t]he wheelchair being used was an improper type and not designed for the transfer and portage of patients in [his] condition ...” and that appellee “by and through its agents and/or employees was negligent in the diagnosis, treatment, and care which they rendered to [him].”…