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AYRES v. LAKESHORE COMMUNITY HOSP.

1950685.

689 So.2d 39 (1997)

Karen AYRES, as administratrix of the Estate of Nora Mann Burdette, deceased v. LAKESHORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL and Dr. Gerhard Jan Hinnen.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shay Samples and Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for Appellant.

John V. Denson and Amy J. Himmelwright of Samford, Denson, Horsley, Pettey & Martin, Opelika; and John Percy Oliver of Oliver & Sims, Dadeville, for Lakeshore Community Hospital.

Richard B. Garrett and N. Wayne Simms, Jr., of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for Gerhard Jan Hinnen.

KENNEDY, Justice.

Nora Mann Burdette entered the emergency room of Lakeshore Community Hospital ("Lakeshore") on the evening of July 15, 1993, complaining of chest pain, nausea, and pain in her arm. Her heart rate was normal, and her blood pressure was only slightly elevated. Burdette was treated by Dr. Gerhard Jan Hinnen, a doctor on call in the Lakeshore emergency room, who performed a physical examination and ordered an EKG and cardiac enzyme tests. Dr. Hinnen...

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