Anthony v. Chambless

Eldridge, Judge.

This wrongful death case involves allegations of medical malpractice in the failure to diagnose and treat the decedent, Willie C. Anthony. The plaintiff, Emma Anthony, the widow of the decedent, appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant, Dr. Fred Chambless. Concluding that summary judgment was proper because the plaintiff failed to present evidence showing that the defendant’s alleged negligence proximately caused the decedent’s death, we affirm.

The facts of this case are as follows: at approximately 11:46 a.m. on December 12, 1988, the decedent fell…