FIDELITY-PHENIX INSURANCE CO. v. LYNCH

No. 5-5280.

455 S.W.2d 79 (1970)

FIDELITY-PHENIX INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. Paula LYNCH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 8, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellant.

Gordon, Gordon & Eddy, Morrilton, for appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellee Paula Lynch was the plaintiff below and recovered judgment as the result of a fall down the stairway in St. Anthony's Hospital in Morrilton. The judgment was against Fidelity-Phenix Insurance Company, which covered the charitable hospital with public liability insurance. Fidelity-Phenix moved for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's case in chief on the ground that while the proof showed the landing at the top of the stairway was...

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