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POYNTER BY POYNTER v. RATCLIFF

No. 88-2539.

874 F.2d 219 (1989)

Jamie Nicole POYNTER, an infant under the age of 18 years, who sues by her parent and next friend, Barbara Sue POYNTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Barbara Sue Poynter, individually; William David Poynter, individually, Plaintiffs, v. Bruce A. RATCLIFF, MD; Ted P. Haddox, MD, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Blum Forb (Laurie Garrigan McKowen, Hunt & Wilson, on brief) for plaintiff-appellant.

D.C. Offutt, Jr. (Cheryl A. Eifert, Jenkins, Fenstermaker, Krieger, Kayes & Farrell, on brief) for defendants-appellees.

Before RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

HENDERSON, District Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case. Jamie Nicole Poynter, on whose behalf this suit was brought, is a ten-year-old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy. The plaintiff, Barbara Sue Poynter, is Jamie's mother. Poynter commenced this action against the defendants, Bruce A. Ratcliff, M.D. and Ted P. Haddox, M.D., alleging that their negligent prenatal care caused Jamie's cerebral palsy. Following an eight-day...

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