Gregg v. National Medical Health Care Services, Inc.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellant sued, inter alia, Gila General Hospital, Dr. McLaren Ruesch and Dr. Anthony Forte, alleging that the hospital’s independent negligence and/or the negligence of Drs. Ruesch and Forte caused her husband to die of a heart attack. The hospital moved for summary judgment on the grounds that any independent negligence on its part was not a proximate cause of Donald Gregg’s death and that neither Drs. Ruesch nor Forte were' agents or employees of the hospital. The trial court granted appellees’ motion.

Gila General Hospital, located in the Globe-Miami area, is owned by…