Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Kitzmiller v. Henning
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided November 2, 1993No. 21841PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEELY, Justice.
Eugene 0. Kitzmiller and Joan B. Kitzmil-ler filed this malpractice action on 7 May 1992 alleging that Dr. Paul Eugene Nefflen, Dr. Nicholas Martin and Davis Memorial Hospital (hereinafter “the hospital”) were negligent in failing to diagnose and treat in a proper and timely manner Mr. Kitzmiller who suffered from cancer of the colon. Mr. Kitzmiller died of cancer. Mr. Kitzmiller’s widow and executrix is now the sole surviving plaintiff.
On 3 September 1992 Davis Memorial Hospital served the Kitzmillers with sets of interrogatories and requests for production of documents. Mrs.…
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