Legal Opinion
Kopec v. Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided August 15, 1990No. 20A03-8903-CV-276PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRARD, Judge.
This is an appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of a hospital in a medical malpractice case.
Plaintiffs decedent was a patient at Memorial Hospital from September 1, 1983 to October 5, 1983. He was suffering from a pseudomonas infection. On October 5, 1983 he was transferred to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis where he died on October 14, 1983.
Jean Kopec filed a proposed complaint alleging wrongful death in August 1985. In her complaint she named Drs. Engel, Snell, Hunt, Stinson and Kletzing as well as Memorial Hospital. On December 7, 1987 a medical review panel…
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