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WHITEHEAD v. LINKOUS

No. WW-299.

404 So.2d 377 (1981)

Sharon B. WHITEHEAD, As the Personal Representative of the Estate of Jimmy Ray Whitehead, Appellant, v. Clayton E. LINKOUS, M.D., and Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony E. Fiorentino, Pensacola, for appellant.

Danny L. Kepner of Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge, Pensacola, and Charles C. Sherrill of Sherrill, Moore & Hill, Pensacola, for appellees.

LILES, WOODIE A. (Retired), Associate Judge.

At approximately 7:45 P.M. on May 26, 1975, Jimmy Ray Whitehead was brought by ambulance to the Sacred Heart Hospital's emergency room in Pensacola, Florida. Upon his arrival, he was examined by the defendant, Dr. Clayton E. Linkous, who determined that the deceased was suffering from an overdose of Valium and Darvocet taken in conjunction with a large amount of beer in an apparent suicide attempt. Dr. Linkous directed...

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