Legal Opinion
Drake v. St. Francis Hospital
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 16, 1989PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Justice:
Robert W. Drake (the “decedent”), died on April 25, 1986. On February 19, 1988, the plaintiffs-appellants, Susan A. Drake, his widow, and Melanie and Danielle Drake, daughters (collectively referred to as “Drake”), filed a wrongful death and survival action in the Superior Court. The complaint alleged that in 1982, the defendants-appellees, St. Francis Hospital (“St. Francis”) and Ka-Khy-Tze, M.D. (“Dr. Tze”), had committed medical malpractice during their care and treatment of the decedent. The defendants denied the substantive allegations in the Drake complaint and also…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Layton v. AllenSupreme Court of Delaware · 1968
- Ewing v. BeckSupreme Court of Delaware · 1987
- Dunn v. St. Francis Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1979
- Reyes v. Kent General Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1984
- Milford Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. ElliottSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
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