Dikeou v. Osborn

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Plaintiffs, James T. and Helen K. Dikeou, the natural parents and heirs of the estate of Theodore “Ted” Dikeou, appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Dr. Jeffrey S. Osborn. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Dr. Osborn is a board certified cardiologist who had treated Ted Dikeou since 1988. Mr. Dikeou suffered from a moderately common condition known as Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, which is the existence of an abnormal heart beat. On the evening of February 21,1990, Mr. Dikeou called Dr. Osborn and reported that his heart was beating very fast,…