BAKER v. FELKER

No. 21321.

952 S.W.2d 743 (1997)

Jacquelyn BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. C. Edward FELKER, III, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied September 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hopkins, Jr., Edmundson, Terando, Hopkins & Henson, Poplar Bluff, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ted R. Osburn, Osburn, Hine, Kuntze & Yates, L.L.C., Cape Girardeau, for Defendant-Respondent.


GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

The trial court sustained the motion of Dr. C. Edward Felker, III ("Defendant") to dismiss, with prejudice, Jacquelyn Baker's ("Plaintiff's") medical malpractice suit for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

Defendant performed nasal surgery on Plaintiff on October 16, 1989. On October 15, 1991, Plaintiff filed suit against Defendant alleging that he had negligently failed to control bleeding during her surgery. Nine...

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