McHale v. Mohlie

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

The issue in this medical malpractice case raised by a demurrer is whether one of several defendants, a physician, was in a doctor-patient relationship with the plaintiff during the course of events described in the Amended Complaint.

The salient facts alleged as to defendant Dr. John Hennessey, whose demurrer is before the court, are that, after contacting Patient First the previous day regarding complaints of memory loss, high blood pressure, and a blood shot eye, plaintiff visited the Emergency Room of Chippenham Johnston-Willis Hospital. While there, he was…