Wicker v. Union County General Hospital

ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice,

for the court:

On February 27, 1986, Union County General Hospital filed suit in the Chancery Court of Union County against Bettye Wicker (Wicker), a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), Drs. E.E. Bram-litt, Bruce Bullwinkel, and the New Albany Surgical Group, P.A., seeking to determine whether Wicker would practice in the hospital without a contract or agreement with the hospital and, if the court held that she could practice without a contract, asking that the chancellor declare the hospital’s liabilities for her acts. The lower court declared that…