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JOHNSON v. PHYSICIANS ANESTHESIA SERVICE, P.A.

Civ. A. Nos. 83-196 CMW, 84-80 CMW.

621 F.Supp. 908 (1985)

Almeda JOHNSON, Guardian and next friend of Myrtle Lewis, Plaintiff, v. PHYSICIANS ANESTHESIA SERVICE, P.A., a Delaware corporation, et al., Defendants. Almeda JOHNSON, Guardian and next friend of Myrtle Lewis, Plaintiff, v. Richard J. LENNIHAN, Jr., M.D., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

October 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben T. Castle, and David C. McBride, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Victor F. Battaglia, Robert K. Beste, Jr., and Wayne Marvel of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, Del., and Walter L. Pepperman and Donald E. Reid of Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Physicians Anesthesia Service, P.A.

William D. Bailey, Jr., and Phoebe S. Young of Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, P.A., Wilmington, Del., for defendant Peter J. Mette.

Warren Burt, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Richard W. Skinner.

F. Alton Tybout of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Richard J. Lennihan, Jr., M.D. and Richard J. Lennihan, Jr., M.D., P.A.

John A. Parkins and Terry Crain of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for defendant Wilmington Medical Center, Inc.

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

These consolidated civil actions assert claims of medical malpractice arising from an operation performed on Myrtle Lewis on February 18, 1982. Almeda Johnson, Myrtle Lewis's sister, originally filed suit on April 5, 1983 as guardian and next friend of Myrtle Lewis, who at that time was incompetent and institutionalized at the Wilmington Medical Center in a comatose state.

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