Collins v. St. Vincent Hosp., Inc.

SUTIN, Judge.

{1} The simple question in this unnecessarily complicated and convoluted direct liability action is whether the jury's determination that a hospital's negligence was not a cause of the death in question must be reversed based on district court instruction-related error. We hold that the court did not err, and we uphold the jury's verdict and the court's judgment dismissing Plaintiff's claim.

BACKGROUND

Pertinent Medical History

{2} William "Mack" Vaughan presented at the emergency department of Defendant St. Vincent Hospital, Inc. (the Hospital) in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August…