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ST. EDWARD MERCY MEDICAL CENTER v. ELLISON

No. CA 96-1134.

946 S.W.2d 726 (1997)

58 Ark.App. 100

ST. EDWARD MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant, v. Patricia ELLISON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV.

June 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory T. Karber, Fort Smith, for appellant.

W. Asa Hutchinson, Fort Smith, for appellee.

ROAF, Judge.

This is a wrongful discharge case. The appellant, St. Edward Mercy Medical Center (St.Edward), employed the appellee, Patricia Ellison, as a cardiac monitor technician. Ellison was terminated after a delay in alerting the nursing staff that a patient, whom she was monitoring, was in ventricular fibrillation which resulted in the patient's death. Ellison filed suit for wrongful discharge, and was awarded damages of $20,000 in a jury trial. During the trial...

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