ABERNATHY v. COLBERT COUNTY HOSPITAL BD.

78-617.

388 So.2d 1207 (1980)

Regina ABERNATHY, a minor who sues by and through her father and next friend, Roy Abernathy v. COLBERT COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD, a corporation, and Colbert County Hospital.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oren R. Lewis, Jr., and Gary R. Sheehan of Lewis, Wilson, Lewis & Jones, Arlington, Va., and B. T. Gardner, Jr., of Stansell, Gardner & Stolsworth, Tuscumbia, for appellant.

Bert P. Taylor of McDaniel, Hall, Parsons & Conerly, Birmingham, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying plaintiff's motion to vacate and set aside a pro-ami consent judgment. We reverse.

The infant-plaintiff, Regina Abernathy, was admitted to Colbert County Hospital suffering from mild dehydration and a common gastric virus. In order to counteract the dehydration, Regina was given intravenous fluids through a blood vessel in her left arm. During the night these fluids infiltrated into the surrounding tissues...

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