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THOMPSON v. CARRAWAY METHODIST MED. CTR.

1900283.

584 So.2d 481 (1991)

Barbara THOMPSON, as administratrix of the Estate of Lemon Works, deceased v. CARRAWAY METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Gordon Pate and Julia L. Truesdell of Pate, Lewis & Lloyd, Birmingham, for appellant.

Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. and Melanie F. Merkle of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal and Sara A. McGivaren, Birmingham, for appellee.

HORNSBY, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of the trial court's denial of the plaintiff's motion for a continuance.

Barbara Thompson, as administratrix of the estate of Lemon Works, filed a wrongful death action against Carraway Methodist Medical Center on March 4, 1982, alleging that the death of Lemon Works was the result of medical negligence on the part of the hospital. Works had died on September 28, 1980, as a result of a right subdural hematoma...

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