A Tennessee couple has been granted permission to proceed beyond the preliminary phase in their lawsuit against Baptist Memorial Hospital and doctors Esmond L. Arrindell and Esmond L. Arrindell Jr. The couple, Laura and Kevin Christie, have accused the medical professionals of failing in their duty to place their newborn daughter, Elizabeth, on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) treatment at LeBonheur Children’s Hospital. They assert that the standard of care for an infant suffering from respiratory distress necessitates that the child is admitted to a facility capable of administering ECMO, a course of action that, according to the Christies, could have saved their daughter’s life. The lawsuit represents an important development in Medical Malpractice jurisprudence, and the outcome could have implications for future medical negligence cases involving employer-employee defendants.
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