Foundations of Financial Management 9th Edition Block & Hirt
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Case 7
Allison Boone, M.D.
Allison Boone had been practicing medicine for seven years. Her specialty was
neurology. She had received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Kent State University
and her M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. She did her residency at Columbia
Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Allison practiced neurology in a clinic with three other
doctors in Hurst, Texas.
Her husband, Samual L. Boone, held an administrative position for Harris Methodist
HMO in Arlington, Texas. Allison and Samuel had been married for five years and were
parents of young twin sons, Todd and Trey. They lived in Arlington in a beautiful four-room
house overlooking Lake Arling-ton.
Allison normally left for work at 7:30 a.m. and closed her office at 5:30 p.m. to return
home. On Tuesday, July 6th, 1999 at 5:15 p.m., she received an emergency call from
Arlington General Hospital and immediately went to the hospital to help a patient who had
suffered serious brain damage. By the time she had administered aid and helped prepare the
