Legal Opinion
Poe v. Grove Hill Memorial Hosp. Bd.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 23, 1983No. 82-145, 82-146PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff appeals from grants of summary judgment for the defendant hospital board. We affirm.
On August 30, 1979, Nettie Lee Davis Poe entered Grove Hill Memorial Hospital for the purpose of childbirth. Dr. R.D. Neal performed an emergency Caeserean-section. The newborn child, Jamel Antoine Poe, died on September 9, 1979, and Mrs. Poe died September 18, 1979. William H. Poe, as administrator of the estates of Nettie and Jamel, filed wrongful death actions on January 9, 1981, against both the hospital board and Dr. Neal, alleging negligent treatment, diagnosis and care.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Harris v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
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