Hospital Corp. of America v. Hiland

BAKER, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This is a consolidated appeal.1 Defendant-appellants, Hospital Corporation of America, Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Inc. (the hospital) and Manuel A. Cacdac, M.D. (Cacdac), appeal the trial court’s decision denying their motions for summary *871judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellees, Katherine L. Hiland and her husband, George M. Hiland, and Richard Pemberton, Jr. and his wife, Sallie Pemberton.

We reverse and remand with instructions.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

In May, 1981, Katherine Hiland (Hiland), consulted Cacdac complaining of low back and neck pain. After…