Ayres v. Lakeshore Community Hosp.

Nora Mann Burdette entered the emergency room of Lakeshore Community Hospital ("Lakeshore") on the evening of July 15, 1993, complaining of chest pain, nausea, and pain in her arm. Her heart rate was normal, and her blood pressure was only slightly elevated. Burdette was treated by Dr. Gerhard Jan Hinnen, a doctor on call in the Lakeshore emergency room, who performed a physical examination and ordered an EKG and cardiac enzyme tests. Dr. Hinnen evaluated the test results; he found no sign of a heart attack on the EKG and found normal results on the enzyme tests. Burdette was given a "GI…