Walden v. John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, Inc.

As I am not disposed to concur in the majority view, I must respectfully dissent and set forth my views herein.

On December 2, 1988, Delores Walden, Alberta Glenn, Willie Lee Anderson, Willie Bell Johnson, Zion Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Charles McIntyre and Wayne Mitchell (plaintiffs), “individually and as next of kin and heirs . . .” of James Edward Anderson, filed an action against John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, Inc., and members of the hospital’s staff (defendants) for allegedly causing the death of James Edward Anderson on January 14, 1987. More specifically, plaintiffs alleged…