HOLLINGSWORTH v. BOWERS

No. 96-257.

690 So.2d 825 (1996)

Marsha HOLLINGSWORTH, et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gordon S. BOWERS, Jr., M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Henry Munsterman, Alexandria, for Marsha Hollingsworth, et al.

Frederick Bernard Alexius, Catherine G. Brame, Alexandria, for Gordon S. Bowers, M.D., et al.

Charles T. Williams, Jr., John Elliott Baker, Metairie, for Louisiana Patients Compensation Fund.

John Edward Morton, Alexandria, for Louisiana Trial Lawyers Assoc., etc.

Before THIBODEAUX, COOKS, PETERS, AMY and SULLIVAN, JJ.


COOKS, Judge.

This medical malpractice suit involves the birth of a child and the injury allegedly sustained by him during the delivery process.

FACTS

Marsha Hollingsworth became an obstetrical patient of Dr. Gordon S. Bowers, Jr. in September 1990. Marsha was approximately twenty-seven weeks pregnant with her first child. The child's expected date of birth was December 12, 1990. Prior obstetrical care was provided at Huey P. Long Hospital.

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