Alford v. Phipps

On January 21, 1987, plaintiff Marie Alford, as independent administrator of the estate of decedent Leota Ledbetter, filed a wrongful death action in the circuit court of Edgar County against defendants Dr. L. A. Phipps, Dr. M. L. Obetz, Dr. Dak R. Burnett, Dr. J. M. Ingalls and Paris Community Hospital (hospital), alleging that during a sigmoidoscopy decedent sustained a perforated colon which was not promptly diagnosed or treated by her attending physicians and contributed to her death. Specifically, count I of plaintiff’s five-count complaint alleged that defendant Phipps was negligent in…