American Medicorp, Inc. v. Lord

CLAYTON, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action brought by appellant Daniel Lord and the Minors Dayna and Sherrie Lord (plaintiffs below), as surviving husband and children of Carolyn Ann Lord, for the wrongful death of Mrs. Lord while an obstetrics patient at Southmore Medical Center, Inc.

The basic undisputed facts are that Carolyn Lord entered Southmore Hospital and was the second patient who used the delivery room in question after the new hospital was opened and began its operations. It is undisputed that she died of anoxia due to a cross-connection between nitrous oxide and oxygen…