Legal Opinion
Green River District Health Deparment v. Wigginton
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1989No. 88-SC-275-DGPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
The Complaint as amended alleges that the infant, Mary Rebecca Wigginton, sustained severe and permanent brain damage at birth as a result of negligent treatment by the attending physician who was an employee of the Green River District Health Department (hereinafter the “Health Department”). The Complaint sought damages on behalf of the parents of the child individually, and on behalf of the child by and through its mother as next friend.
The child was born on January 8, 1983, and suit was filed on December 2, 1988. On March 18, 1987, after extensive pretrial preparation, the…
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