Ritchie v. WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL

ORDER (1) GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO LIABILITY OF DEFENDANT WAHIAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL AND (2) DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON COUNTS II AND IV OF PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT REGARDING CLAIMS FOR INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES

J. MICHAEL SEABRIGHT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On August 25, 2006, five-month pregnant Plaintiff January J. Ritchie (“January”) was rushed to Defendant Wahiawa General Hospital (“Defendant” or “Wahia-wa General”) on the island of Oahu, Hawaii with…