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TANK v. CHRONISTER

No. 95-1539-JTM.

941 F.Supp. 969 (1996)

Douglas C. TANK, Executor and Administrator of the Estate of Kathleen Tank, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Bert CHRONISTER, M.D.; and Board of Trustees of Wilson County Hospital, d/b/a Wilson County Hospital, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

June 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Johnson and Anthony L. DeWitt, of Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Overland Park, KS, for plaintiff.

Phillip P. Ashley, of Williamson & Cubbison, Kansas City, KS, for defendant Chronister.

Wayne T. Stratton and David E. Bruns, of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer, Topeka, KS, for defendant Board of Trustees of Wilson County Hospital.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MARTEN, District Judge.

On May 4, 1995, Kathleen Tank was taken by her husband Douglas to the Wilson County Hospital Emergency Room for shortness of breath. A nurse admitted Tank and took her vital signs, which indicated a rapid respiratory rate of 44 and low blood pressure. The nurse telephoned Dr. Bert Chronister, who came to the emergency room and did a gram stain and sputum culture. Chronister made a diagnosis of tracheobronchitis...

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