DOUGLAS BY DOUGLAS v. HUGH A. STALLINGS, M.D., INC.

No. 88-1564.

870 F.2d 1242 (1989)

Jeffrey DOUGLAS, a minor, by his father and next friend, Paul DOUGLAS; Paul Douglas, individually, and Jeannette Douglas, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUGH A. STALLINGS, M.D., INC., an Indiana Medical Corporation; Mary M. Stallings, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Hugh A. Stallings, M.D., and St. Mary's Medical Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Nathanson, Nathanson & Wray, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert H. Hahn, Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn, Evansville, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action was brought by Paul and Jeannette Douglas, the parents of Jeffrey Douglas, both individually and on his behalf, against the estate and professional corporation of Hugh A. Stallings, M.D., and St. Mary's Medical Center. Defendants were residents of Indiana at the time of Jeffrey's birth on January 21, 1968, in Evansville, Indiana. Plaintiffs, Illinois citizens, allege that Jeffrey suffered irreversible brain damage as...

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