Hooker v. Headley

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellants sued to recover for the loss of their mother due to alleged medical malpractice on the part of Dr. William Headley and the Baldwin County Hospital Authority. The case is before us on appeal from the grant of Dr. Headley’s motion for summary judgment.

The decedent died following the performance of an elective surgical procedure known as a gastroplasty, the purpose of which was to relieve her obesity. It is apparent without dispute from the record that the decedent was considered a high-risk candidate for surgery due to various medical problems from which…