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DRAKE v. ST. FRANCIS HOSP.

560 A.2d 1059 (1989)

Susan A. DRAKE, Individually, and as next friend of Melanie Drake and Danielle Drake, and as Administratrix of the Estate of Robert W. Drake, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, a corporation of the State of Delaware, and Ka-Khy-Tze, M.D. Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Owens of John T. Owens, P.A., Wilmington, and Lawrence M. Silverman (argued) of Silverman & Coopersmith, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

F. Alton Tybout and Robert S. Goldman (argued) of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, for appellee St. Francis Hosp.

Gary W. Aber (argued) of Heiman, Aber & Goldlust, Wilmington, for appellee, Ka-Khy-Tze, M.D.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY and HOLLAND, JJ.

HOLLAND, Justice:

Robert W. Drake (the "decedent"), died on April 25, 1986. On February 19, 1988, the plaintiffs-appellants, Susan A. Drake, his widow, and Melanie and Danielle Drake, daughters (collectively referred to as "Drake"), filed a wrongful death and survival action in the Superior Court. The complaint alleged that in 1982, the defendants-appellees, St. Francis Hospital ("St. Francis") and Ka-Khy-Tze, M.D. ("Dr. Tze"), had committed medical malpractice during...

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