Legal Opinion
Dorothy McCullum v. Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 2014No. 13-12118PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief Judge:
It’s often said that the path to perdition is paved with good intentions. It might also be said that sometimes the road to the courthouse is littered with the efforts of well-meaning people who never thought they’d be taking the trip. This is one of those kind of cases.
When he was fourteen years old, D.F. was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a serious disease that affects the colon. He was hospitalized at Parrish Medical Center for twenty days and the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children for eleven days to receive treatment and have his colon removed. At least one of…
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