Hensley v. White River Medical Center

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Appellee, White River Medical Center, sued appellant, Henry Hensley, for nonpayment of an $8,800.00 hospital bill. Hensley filed a counterclaim for medical malpractice alleging that while he was a patient in the hospital, “a nurse or other employee of White River Medical Center, Inc., improperly placed and improperly removed an intravenous catheter or similar device from” his “left arm and hand resulting in permanent injury to his left arm and hand with paresthesis.” Hensley’s wife joined in the counterclaim to seek loss of consortium. One paragraph of the counterclaim…