Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Uhde

CHRISTIE, Justice.

This case arises from a wrongful death claim filed by Martha Lee Uhde, the appel-lee, against Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the hospital), and Hassan G. Ramachandra, M.D., (the doctor), appellants, on account of the death of appellee’s husband from what the jury found to have been a heart attack. The death occurred less than two hours after the doctor had discharged the patient from the hospital emergency room with a diagnosis of gastritis.

A Superior Court jury found Dr. Rama-chandra negligent. It found the hospital liable as his employer. The…