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SPANGLER v. BECHTEL

No. 49S05-1012-CV-703.

958 N.E.2d 458 (2011)

Steven SPANGLER and Heidi Brown, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. Barbara BECHTEL, Expectations Women's Health and Childbearing Center, and St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance Wittry , Wittry Law Office, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Plaintiffs.

Barbara Bechtel , Nurse-Midwife, and Expectations Women's Health and Childbearing Center, Edward L. Murphy, Jr. , Heidi K. Koeneman , Murphy Ice & Koeneman LLP, Fort Wayne, IN, Attorneys for Defendants.

St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, Robert G. Zeigler , Bobby J. Avery-Seagrave , Zeigler Cohen & Koch, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Defendant.

DICKSON, Justice.

Following the death of their full-term baby daughter in utero during labor, just before childbirth, the plaintiffs Steven Spangler and Heidi Brown brought this action seeking damages for negligent infliction of emotional distress. In the ensuing litigation, the trial court granted summary judgment to St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, to Barbara Bechtel (the nurse-midwife who provided pre-natal care during the mother's pregnancy and managed her...

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