FORREST v. CARTER

No. T-54.

308 So.2d 141 (1975)

William H. FORREST, As Husband and Administrator of the Estate of Frances Jean Forrest, Deceased, Appellant, v. W.D. CARTER and Lisenby Hospital, Ltd., a Limited Partnership, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Orseck, of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, and Colson & Hicks, Miami, for appellant.

Ernest W. Welch, Panama City, and Donald H. Partington, of Harrell, Wiltshire, Bozeman, Clark & Stone, Pensacola, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

On the morning of November 11, 1970, Mrs. Frances Jean Forrest, a patient of Dr. W.D. Carter at Lisenby Hospital in Bay County, Florida, gave birth prematurely to a baby boy. A few hours later the baby died and that evening Mrs. Forrest died. As a result of his wife's death, Mr. William H. Forrest, the surviving husband and administrator, sued Dr. Carter and Lisenby Hospital for damages in Bay County Circuit Court. The action was commenced under the wrongful...

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