ASHLAND HOSP. CORP. v. LEWIS

2018-SC-000276-DG 2018-SC-000279-DG.

581 S.W.3d 572 (2019)

ASHLAND HOSPITAL CORPORATION d/b/a King's Daughters Medical Center, Appellant v. Paul Wesley LEWIS, M.D. and David Shackelford, Appellees and Paul Wesley Lewis, M.D., Appellant v. David Shackelford; and Ashland Hospital Corporation d/b/a King's Daughters Medical Center, Appellees

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR ASHLAND HOSPITAL CORPORATION D/B/A KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER: William Mitchell Hall, Jr. , Ashland, Keri E. Hieneman , Alexis Orlando Gonzalez-Lopez , Ashland, VanAntwerp Attorneys, LLP.

COUNSEL FOR PAUL WESLEY LEWIS, M.D.: Kenneth Williams, Jr. , David Frederick Latherow , Ashland, Geoffrey D. Marsh , Prestonsburg, Williams, Hall & Latherow, LLP.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, DAVID SHACKELFORD: Anthony David Blankenship , Kinner & Patton.

COUNSEL FOR AMICUS CURIAE, KENTUCKY DEFENSE COUNSEL, INC.: Melissa Thompson Richardson , Elizabeth Bass , Lexington, Laura Katharine Haagen , Walters Meadows Richardson PLLC.

COUNSEL FOR AMICUS CURIAE, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND KENTUCKY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: Bethany A. Breetz , Sarah Spurlock , Louisville, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Phillip Seth Goldberg , Cary Silverman , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP.


The Boyd Circuit Court granted summary judgment in favor of Dr. Paul Wesley Lewis and Ashland Hospital Corporation d/b/a King's Daughters Medical Center ("KDMC") after finding that the complainant, David Shackelford, could not establish a prima facie case of negligence. More specifically, the trial court found...

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