THOMAS v. ST. FRANCIS HOSP., INC.


447 A.2d 435 (1982)

Jackeline Tielleman THOMAS, as Successor Administratrix of the Estate of Glenn David Thomas, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC., a hospital corporation of the State of Delaware, Nurse Anesthetist Raymond, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided June 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bayard Marin (Argued) of Marin & Hudson, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jane R. Roth (Argued) of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendants-appellees.

Before McNEILLY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, JJ.


QUILLEN, Justice:

On June 18, 1976, Glenn D. Thomas, a healthy young man of eighteen years, was taken to the operating room of the St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington for a minor surgical procedure to his right thigh. Pursuant to the instructions of the surgeon, a general anesthesia, pentothal, was administered by the defendant James Raymond, a nurse anesthetist employed by the Hospital. For reasons that are disputed, Mr....

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