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· 6/26/1953

Rural Education Ass'n v. Anderson

Citations

  • 261 S.W.2d 151
  • 37 Tenn. App. 209
  • 1953 Tenn. App. LEXIS 161

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • denying summary judgment for defendant hospital where plaintiff's decedent was \irrational\ and \confused\ when he jumped out of hospital window
  • denying summary judgment for defendant hospital where plaintiff’s decedent was “irrational” and “confused” when he jumped out of hospital window
  • “It is a matter of common knowledge and common sense of laymen that a patient in such a condition should be watched and protected and not left unattended on an upper story by an unguarded window through which he might, and ultimately did, fall or jump to his death.”
  • “It is a matter of common knowledge and common sense of laymen that a patient in such a condition should be watched and protected and not left unattended on an upper story by an unguarded window through which he might, and ultimately did, fall or jump to his death.”
  • “It is a matter of common knowledge and common sense of laymen that a patient in such a condition should be. watched and protected and not left unattended on an upper story by an unguarded window through which he might, and ultimately did, fall or jump to his death.”
  • “It is a matter of common knowledge and common sense of laymen that a patient in such a condition should be watched and protected and not left unattended on an upper story by an unguarded window through which he might, and ultimately did, fall or jump to his death.”

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Judges: Felts, Howell, Hickerson

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