Long v. St. John's Regional Health Center, Inc.

JAMES K. PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Virginia Long (“Long”) appeals from a judgment in favor of St. John’s Regional Health Center, Inc. (“St.John’s”) in a negligent health care/personal injury action. Long’s two points relied on address the trial court’s ruling allowing the admittance of a particular exhibit and St. John’s use of a portion of that exhibit to impeach her with a prior inconsistent statement.

In January 1997, Long was hospitalized as a surgical patient at St. John’s for treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. On or about January 21, 1997, Long fell in her room at St. John’s and…