MULLIKIN v. JEWISH HOSPITAL ASS'N OF LOUISVILLE


348 S.W.2d 930 (1961)

Ruby MULLIKIN, Administratrix of the Estate of Jacob Albert Demaree, Appellant, v. JEWISH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION OF LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred J. Karem, Karem & Karem, Louisville, for appellant.

J. Donald Dinning, McElwain, Dinning, Clarke & Winstead, Louisville, for appellee.


BIRD, Chief Justice.

Jacob Albert Demaree was a patient in appellee's hospital. It is alleged in this action that he died from injuries received when he fell from his hospital bed. It is charged that these injuries resulted from the negligence of the hospital, its agents, servants and employees.

In answer to the charges of negligence the operators of the hospital first asserted that the complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Secondly...

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