Wesley Chapel Foot & Ankle Center, LLC v. Johnson

Willie Frank Johnson died while his cause of action for personal injury arising from medical malpractice was pending against Wesley Chapel Foot and Ankle Center, LLC, Dr. Eileen Byrd, and Dr. Frazier Todd (the medical defendants). After Mr. Johnson’s widow and estate representative, Catherine Johnson, was substituted as plaintiff on the medical malpractice personal injury action, she amended the complaint to add a cause of action asserting that Mr. Johnson’s wrongful death arose from the same medical malpractice. At issue is whether the medical defendants were entitled to summary judgment on…