THORNTON v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CTR.

No. 13484.

213 S.E.2d 102 (1975)

Richard Harold THORNTON, Jr. v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy R. Bucci, Charleston, for appellant.

W. T. O'Farrell, Charleston, for Charleston Area Med. Center.

Wilson Anderson, Charleston, for Dr. Sunday and Dr. Pushkin.


HADEN, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, affirming as plainly right the final judgment of the Common Pleas Court of that county, sustaining the motion of Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. and Harold B. Sunday, M.D. and Jack Pushkin, M.D. for summary judgment.

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