BOWER v. SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER

No. 24701-CA.

618 So.2d 600 (1993)

Paul A. BOWER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blue, Williams & Buckley by Bruce A. Cranner, Metairie, Lunn, Irion, Johnson, Salley & Carlisle by James B. Gardner, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

A.J. Gregory, Jr. and Troy E. Bain, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LINDSAY, BROWN and STEWART, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

The plaintiffs, Paul and Sharon Bower, filed this suit, individually and on behalf of their minor daughter, Emily, a medical malpractice victim. Named as defendants were Schumpert Medical Center and Dr. Edwin Byrd, the obstetrician who delivered Emily. After settlement with Schumpert and dismissal of Dr. Byrd, the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund (PCF) was added to the suit. From a trial court judgment ordering the PCF to pay Emily's mother, Sharon...

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