Jarrell v. Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc.

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

This action is before the court on identical pleas in bar and motions to dismiss filed by defendants Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc., Richard E. Curtis, Jr., M.D., and Tucker Psychiatric Clinic, Inc.1 At issue is whether the appropriate person is named as the plaintiff..For the purposes of the pleas and motions, the facts are -not in dispute. On October 6, 2003, the present action was filed under the. style of “Terri L. Jarrell, Incapacitated, by and through her Guardian and Conservator of her Estate, Patricia C. Jarrell, Plaintiff v. [the four named…