Boafo v. Hospital Corp. of America

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

This case is here on appeal of the grant of summary judgment to defendant Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) for failure of appellant to “pierce the corporate veil.” The evidence shows the injured party was a patient at Parkway Regional Hospital, where it is alleged she went to give birth and suffered severe and unremedied injury while being administered anesthesia. Appellant sought to show that the hospital was. run, operated, and managed by HCA and its wholly owned subsidiary, Medical Center West, Inc.

Upon reviewing the evidence, indulging the appellant in every…