Boyd v. Hicks

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

This suit was brought by Freeman and Shirley Boyd for the wrongful death of their child, Vanessa Shantay Boyd. The defendant, Barbara Englehardt, was dismissed by nonsuit. The defendant, Susan O’Connor, was dismissed by directed verdict. The defendants, Patricia J. Hicks, Gary S. Marshall and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, were dismissed by jury verdict.

The notice of appeal states:

“Come the Plaintiff and give notice of an appeal ...”

The use of the singular form of plaintiff will be treated as an inadvertence, and the appeal will be regarded as that of both…