Gaines v. Health Services Foundation

By Judge Edward L. Hogshire

In this medical malpractice action, Defendants Jennifer Fillers, R.N., Alice Richardson, R.N., Naomi Rademeyer, and Shannon Horton, R.N., have filed Pleas of Sovereign Immunily. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ Pleas will be denied.

Facts

The Plaintiff, Airianna Gaines, an infant, by her mother and next friend, Amy Brown, alleges that Ms. Fillers (now Jennifer L. Fox) negligently placed a peripherally inserted catheter central line (“PICC line”) in Airianna Gaines’s right arm. The Plaintiff also alleges that Ms. Richardson, Ms. Rademeyer, and Ms. Horton…