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LAWS v. ST. LUKE'S HOSP.

No. WD 66564.

218 S.W.3d 461 (2007)

Pamla G. LAWS, Appellant, v. ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, et al.; Defendant. Thomas Helling and Mid-america Surgical Specialists, P.C.; Respondents Melissa Vu, Defendant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied February 27, 2007.

Application for Transfer Denied May 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura L. Del Percio, Douglas R. Horn, Independence, for appellant.

Timothy M. Aylward, Bradley M. Dowd, Kansas City, for respondents.

Richard D. Simpson, Ashley T. Dean, Kansas City, for defendant, Melissa VU.

St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, defendant.

Before THOMAS H. NEWTON, P.J., PATRICIA A. BRECKENRIDGE, and JOSEPH M. ELLIS, JJ.

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Presiding Judge.

Factual and Procedural Background

Because Ms. Pamla G. Laws was obese and had suffered from severe sleep apnea, she had gastric bypass surgery ("bariatric surgery") to help her lose weight. Dr. Thomas Helling performed the surgery, and afterwards Ms. Laws was taken to a post-anesthesia recovery room. An order on Ms. Laws's chart stated, "Elect not to extubate

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