Hunt v. Bogalusa Community Medical Center

PICKETT, Judge.

This is an action for personal injuries and medical expenses brought by Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Hunt arising out of Mrs. Hunt’s accidental fall from a hospital bed of the defendant, Bogalusa Community Medical Center (Medical Center). The petition, also, named St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, the Medical Center’s liability insurer, as a defendant.

The trial court found for the plaintiffs, awarding Mrs. Hunt the sum of $10,000.00 for pain and suffering associated with her fractured hip and awarding Mr. Hunt the sum of $1,621.41 for his medical expenses. The defendants have…