GREEN RIVER HEALTH DEPT. v. WIGGINTON

No. 88-SC-275-DG.

764 S.W.2d 475 (1989)

GREEN RIVER DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Appellant, v. Mary M. WIGGINTON, Individually, and as Next Friend of Mary Rebecca Wigginton, and Harold L. Wigginton, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

January 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Gary, III, Ridley M. Sandidge, Jr., Owensboro, for appellant.

Charles E. Moore, Owensboro, for appellees.


LEIBSON, Justice.

The Complaint as amended alleges that the infant, Mary Rebecca Wigginton, sustained severe and permanent brain damage at birth as a result of negligent treatment by the attending physician who was an employee of the Green River District Health Department (hereinafter the "Health Department"). The Complaint sought damages on behalf of the parents of the child individually, and on behalf of the child by and through its mother as next friend.

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