Ricottilli v. Summersville Memorial Hospital

WORKMAN, Justice:

Caroline Ricottilli appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County entered on June 18, 1991, dismissing her complaint against Appellee Charleston Area Medical Center (“CAMC”). Having determined that Appellant’s cause of action was improperly dismissed below, we reverse the decision of the circuit court.

On March 14, 1989, the six-year-old daughter of Appellant, Tara Ricottilli, was admitted to CAMC as a patient after being transported by helicopter from the Sum-mersville Memorial Hospital in Summers-ville, West Virginia. Tara died within a matter of hours after…