Johnson v. Roanoke Memorial Hospitals, Inc.

By JUDGE JACK B. COULTER

In effort to prepare her case, as well as evaluate its potential and develop evidence in its support, the plaintiff has requested the defendant hospital to produce copies of its policies and procedures pertaining to emergency room nursing and medical services in effect on February 12, 1985. On that date, it is alleged that Donald Randolph Johnson, the plaintiff’s decedent, went to the emergency room of the Roanoke Memorial Hospital complaining of a severe sore throat and related symptoms. He was seen, treated and released. He died at the age of thirty-three on the way…