Legal Opinion
Shover v. Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 11, 1961No. 50106PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarfield, J.
About 12:30 a.m. on April 29, 1956, plaintiff, then a bed patient in defendant-hospital, fell to the floor in a hallway between a rest room and the room occupied by her. She was unattended by a nurse or other aide when she fell. She alleges she was seriously injured about her back and legs, necessitating two operations for a herniated intervertebral disc and a cordotomy. Also that the fall was caused by defendant’s negligence in not following the directions of the attending physician for confinement of plaintiff to bed and in permitting her, unattended, to leave her bed and walk to and from…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- Rice v. HillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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3Cited by92 opinions
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