Legal Opinion
DCH Healthcare Authority v. Duckworth
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 19, 2003No. 1020913PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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This appeal challenges a judgment entered on a jury verdict against DCH Healthcare Authority d/b/a DCH Regional Medical Center ("the Center") in favor of Mary K. Duckworth, as personal representative of her husband, Dee Duckworth, deceased, in Mrs. Duckworth's medical-malpractice action against the Center. We reverse and render a judgment for the Center.
According to the undisputed facts, 83-year-old Dee Duckworth went to the Center on October 9, 1999, to pick up…
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