Joint Medical Products Corp. v. NME Hospitals, Inc.

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The appellant, Joint Medical Products Corporation (Medical Products), challenges a summary judgment entered in favor of the appellee, NME Hospitals, Inc., d/b/a Seven Rivers Community Hospital (hospital). The summary judgment awarded the hospital attorney’s fees and costs that it incurred in defending a medical malpractice claim brought against both the hospital and Medical Products. We reverse.

Dominick Azzariti and his wife, Domeni-ca Azzariti, filed an action against Medical Products and the hospital for damages Mr. Azzariti sustained as a result of an allegedly defective…