Chamis v. Ashland Hospital Corp.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NICKELL, JUDGE:
Kathleen Chamis brings this appeal as Executrix of her ’ late husband’s Estate. She claims the trial court erroneously granted summary judgment to the hospital she believes negligently allowed him to fall from a bed on which she says all rails were not up as required by the care plan. In granting summary judgment to Ashland Hospital Corporation, d/b/a King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC), the Boyd Circuit Court found the hospital was entitled to judgment as a matter of law and there were no genuine issues of fact. The issue on appeal is whether the res ipsa loquitor…
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