Whitfield v. Whittaker Memorial Hospital

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• describing that control and benefit are elements of an agency relationship
• wrongful death recovery when malpractice deprives patient of substantial possibility of survival
• wrongful death recovery when malpractice deprives patient of substantial possibility of survival
• “When a physician’s or surgeon’s negligent action or inaction has effectively terminated a person’s chance of survival, he will not be permitted to raise conjectures as to possible chances for survival that he has put beyond realization.”
• “When a physician’s or surgeon’s negligent action or inaction has effectively terminated a person’s chance of survival, he will not be permitted to raise conjectures as to possible chances for survival that he has put beyond realization.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).