Legal Opinion
Reyes v. Hardin County
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 2001No. 1999-SC-0887-DGPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
Hardin Memorial Hospital is owned and operated by Hardin County, Kentucky, and the elected members of the Hardin Fiscal Court serve as its board of directors. Appellant Cynthia Reyes brought this action in the Hardin Circuit Court claiming that while a patient at the hospital in January 1995, she was injured when a hospital employee negligently inserted an intravenous needle into her hand. The Hardin Circuit Court dismissed the action as barred by sovereign immunity. The Court of Appeals affirmed and we granted discretionary review. The only issue before us is whether KRS…
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