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DCH HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY v. DUCKWORTH

1020913.

883 So.2d 1214 (2003)

DCH HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY d/b/a DCH Regional Medical Center v. Mary K. DUCKWORTH, as personal representative of Dee Duckworth, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Jenkins and Terri Olive Tompkins of Phelps, Jenkins, Gibson & Fowler, L.L.P., Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

Stephen D. Heninger of Heninger, Burge, Vargo & Davis, LLP, Birmingham, for appellee.

WOODALL, Justice.

This appeal challenges a judgment entered on a jury verdict against DCH Healthcare Authority d/b/a DCH Regional Medical Center ("the Center") in favor of Mary K. Duckworth, as personal representative of her husband, Dee Duckworth, deceased, in Mrs. Duckworth's medical-malpractice action against the Center. We reverse and render a judgment for the Center.

According to the undisputed facts, 83-year-old Dee Duckworth went to the Center on October...

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