CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, INC. v. WELLS

Nos. 2016-CA-001919-MR, 2017-CA-000081-MR.

CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, INC.; and SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., Appellants, v. KEVIN RAY WELLS, SR., Appellee, AND KEVIN RAY WELLS, SR., Cross-Appellant, v. CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, INC.; SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.; SAINT JOSEPH LONDON; PREMIER HEART AND VASCULAR CENTER assumed name Corporation of SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rendered: August 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley R. Hume , Chad O. Propst , B. Todd Thompson , Joey A. Wright , Louisville, Kentucky, Brief for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Hans G. Poppe , Scarlette R. Burton , Kirk A. Laughlin , Kathleen Coffey , Kevin C. Burke , Jamie K. Neal , Louisville, Kentucky, Brief for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

BEFORE: ACREE, KRAMER, AND TAYLOR, JUDGES.


OPINION

Kevin Wells, Sr., asserted various civil claims in Laurel Circuit Court against Catholic Health Initiatives, Inc., and its subsidiary, Saint Joseph Health System, Inc., (collectively, the "Hospital Defendants") stemming from what he alleged was the wrongful implantation of a pacemaker device in his chest. In the...

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