Hazel Gladys Adams v. Carter County

This is an action by a widow for damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband who committed suicide while a patient in defendant hospital and under the care and treatment of defendant physician, Frost. The injuries resulting in death occurred on February 11, 1973, when plaintiffs husband plunged down a staircase at the hospital. Complaint in this action was filed on February 8, 1974. Summons was issued and served on the defendant hospital on February 8, 1974, but the summons for defendant Frost, although it purports to have been issued on February 8, 1974, was not receipted for, nor served and returned by the sheriff, until August 14, 1974.