Campbell v. Bard

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case. Patricia Campbell sued Dr. Shirley Bard on behalf of herself and her ten-year-old daughter, Veronica. Mrs. Campbell claimed Dr. Bard treated Veronica for chronic constipation when in fact she was suffering from colitis, alleging a failure to properly test, diagnose, and treat.

After the issues were joined Dr. Bard moved for summary judgment with two affidavits- her own and that of another physician. It thus developed that Dr. Bard sought to impute liability to an emergency room physician employed by a hospital represented by counsel for…