GAMBILL v. WHITE

No. 45425.

303 S.W.2d 41 (1957)

Mrs. James D. GAMBILL, Appellant, v. Charlotte W. WHITE, Executrix of the Estate of Edwin C. White, deceased, St. Joseph Hospital, and Robert S. Brown, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr., Kansas City, for appellant.

William H. Sanders, Donald L. Dorei, Curtis S. Barton, Kansas City, for respondent, Edwin C. White, Caldwell, Eastin, Blackwell & Oliver, Kansas City, of counsel.

Douglas Stripp, Melvin J. Spencer, Kansas City, for respondent, St. Joseph Hospital, Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, Kansas City, of counsel.

Don G. Stubbs, Tom J. Stubbs, Stubbs, McKenzie, Williams & Merrick, Kansas City, for respondent, Robert S. Brown.


COIL, Commissioner.

Mrs. Gambill, plaintiff below, claimed $20,000 damages from defendants for their alleged negligence in permitting her to give birth to a child at a time when she was unattended. (Since the appeal in this case, trial court defendant Edwin C. White died and his executrix was substituted as indicated in the caption hereof. The opinion will refer to the defendants as they were in the trial court.) The trial court sustained defendant hospital's pretrial...

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