GEORGE H. LANIER MEMORIAL HOSP. v. ANDREWS

1021885.

901 So.2d 714 (2004)

GEORGE H. LANIER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and Jason Ivey v. Steven ANDREWS and Cynthia Shealey.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. (Mike) Brock and Ben C. Wilson of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery; and Claud E. (Skip) McCoy of Johnson, Caldwell & McCoy, Lanett, for appellants.

James V. Green, Jr., and Jill T. Karle, Alabaster; and S. Sanford Holliday, Roanoke, for appellees.


HARWOOD, Justice.

George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital ("the hospital") and Jason Ivey, R.N., appeal from the denial of a renewed motion for a judgment as a matter of law and the denial of their motion for remittitur or, alternatively, for a new trial. A jury found the hospital and Ivey liable for the negligent or wanton removal of the corneas of a deceased minor and awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages. We affirm.

On December 21, 1996, Cynthia Shealey brought...

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