Delk v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.

In this appeal of a judgment sustaining a demurrer in a medical negligence action, we consider, among other things, whether the plaintiff pled causes of action in her third amended motion for judgment for the defendants’ negligent failure to protect her from the intentional acts of a third person, the defendants’ negligent failure to control the acts of a third person, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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The plaintiff, Lillian P. Delk, filed her third amended motion for judgment against Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and Vir ginia…