Streeter v. Bondurant

SMITH, Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, seeks reversal of summary judgment entered in favor of the appellee, one of the defendants in a medical malpractice suit. We reverse.

During the course of his duties as an Escambia County Deputy Sheriff, appellant’s husband was shot in the chest, abdomen and buttocks. Emergency surgery *730was performed at Baptist Hospital, following which Officer Streeter was placed in intensive care. An endotracheal tube was inserted into the officer’s trachea to assist his breathing. At some point afterward, the endotracheal tube became blocked, and the appellee, a…