Prince Ex Rel. Bolton v. St. Thomas Hospital

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff/appellant, Mary Alice Bolton Prince, from the decision of the trial court granting the motions for summary judgment of defendants/appellees. The trial court based its decision on its finding that Mrs. Prince was fifty percent or more at fault. The facts out of which this controversy arose are as follows.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On 20 June 1986, Mrs. Prince, a twenty-seven year-old woman, took an unknown number of pills at approximately 9:00 p.m. Mrs. Prince’s husband, Russell Prince, called the Vanderbilt Poison Control Center. The…