BENNETT v. NICHOLAS

No. 2006-CA-001467-MR.

250 S.W.3d 673 (2007)

David J. BENNETT, Administrator of the Estate of Deborah A. Orenduff, Deceased, Appellant, v. Michael A. NICHOLAS, PH.D.; Aribbe A. Martin, M.D.; and Baptist Healthcare Systems, Inc., d/b/a Western Baptist Hospital, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Len W. Ogden, Jr., Paducah, KY, for appellant.

Harry K. Herren, Elizabeth Ullmer Mendel, Rebecca L. Didat, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, L.L.P., Louisville, KY, for appellee Michael A. Nicholas, PH.D.

E. Frederick Straub, Jr., James R. Coltharp, Jr., Whitlow Roberts Houston & Straub, PLLC, Paducah, KY, for appellee Aribbe A. Martin, M.D.

L. Miller Grumley, Bradley & Freed, P.S.C., Paducah, KY, for appellee, Baptist Healthcare System, Inc., d/b/a Western Baptist Hospital.

Before ACREE, HOWARD and LAMBERT, Judges.


OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

David J. Bennett, as administrator of the estate of the decedent, Deborah A. Orenduff, appeals the dismissal by the McCracken Circuit Court of his malpractice claims against Dr. Michael A. Nicholas, Dr. Aribbe A. Martin and Western Baptist Hospital. For the reasons set out herein, we reverse and remand.

After Deborah A. Orenduff committed suicide, her nephew, David J. Bennett...

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