Legal Opinion
Boggs v. Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 2004No. 31757PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MCGRAW, Justice:
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FACTS
On September 28, 2001, Hilda Boggs, age 50, slipped on a wet floor while at work and broke her ankle. Her family doctor referred her for treatment at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg. Because she had some unrelated health problems, a cardiologist and an endocrinologist evaluated her prior to any surgery for her broken ankle. They recommended spinal, rather than general, anesthesia, and she was scheduled for surgery the next day. Just prior to surgery, anesthesiologist and appellee Dr. Manish Koyawala administered a spinal anesthetic. Ms. Boggs soon stopped…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Brooks v. IsinghoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2003
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