Rewis v. Grand Strand General Hospital

In this negligence action, appellant (Hospital) contends that there was insufficient evidence to support the verdict. We disagree and affirm.

During the night of December 10,1983, while a patient at the Hospital, respondent (Rewis) fell off of the foot of her hospital bed and broke her hip. Rewis’ husband and son testified they were denied permission to remain with Rewis at night, even though they informed the nurses that when Rewis was sick she was subject to “blackout spells” during which she “wouldn’t know what she was doing.” Witnesses for the Hospital contradicted this testimony.

Rewis…