McCorkle v. Gravois

|2Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s judgment, granting the defendant physician’s motion for summary judgment and dismissing with prejudice their wrongful death and survival action based on alleged medical malpractice. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 13, 2010, Harvey MeCorkle visited Dr. Wayne Gravois, a family medicine physician, with complaints of insomnia and work-related stress. In addition to providing MeCorkle with educational materials about management of stress and insomnia, Dr. Gravois also gave MeCorkle eight to ten samples of the…