HEALTHTRUST, INC. v. CANTRELL

1941716, 1941776.

689 So.2d 822 (1997)

HEALTHTRUST, INC., d/b/a Crestwood Hospital v. Martha CANTRELL and William L. Cantrell, as parents and next friends of Laura Elizabeth Cantrell, a minor child. Martha CANTRELL and William L. Cantrell, as parents and next friends of Laura Elizabeth Cantrell, a minor child v. ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES OF NORTH ALABAMA, P.C.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Cash and J. Allen Sydnor, Jr., of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for Crestwood Hospital.

Shay Samples and Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for Martha Cantrell and William L. Cantrell.

Stanley Rodgers and Jeffrey T. Kelly of Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne, P.C., Huntsville, for Orthopaedic Associates of North Alabama, P.C.


KENNEDY, Justice.

Martha Cantrell and her husband William Cantrell, on behalf of their daughter, Laura Elizabeth Cantrell, sued Orthopaedic Associates of North Alabama, P.C. ("Orthopaedic Associates"), and HealthTrust, Inc. d/b/a Crestwood Hospital ("Crestwood"), after Laura was injured during a hip surgery performed by Dr. Howard Cobb Alexander. Dr. Alexander was employed by Orthopaedic Associates, and he performed the surgery at Crestwood.

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