In White v. Premier Med. Group, a wrongful death action, the decedent, Wastille Jones, was admitted to Gateway Medical Center with back pain and was negligently given an overdose of narcotics by the defendant, Scott William McLain, M.D. Jones was subsequently transferred to ICU where she was intubated, but a mucous "plug" obstruted the endotracheal tube, restricting oxygen flow. Jones died the following day. The Tennessee Court of Appeals held there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find that the subsequent negligent acts and omissions of the nurses and respiratory therapists in the ICU "actively worked to bring about a result which would not have followed from Dr. McLain’s original negligence."
White v. Premier Med. Group, No. M2006-01196-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 28, 2007).
