Legal Opinion
Robert Shuler v. H. Edward Garrett, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 14, 2014No. 12-6270PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
Pauline Sloan Shuler died in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis on June 23, 2011. Her heirs sued her doctors, the hospital, and the clinic where she had been receiving treatment, alleging Shuler had died from an allergic reaction to heparin (an anticoagulant) injections that had been administered despite her objections. The Shulers claimed negligence and medical battery. The district court, construing their complaint to sound only in medical malpractice, dismissed the case for failure to comply with the notice and heightened pleading…
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