Legal Opinion
Rule ex rel. Rule v. Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1987No. 87-1058PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a negligence action against Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America (Lutheran). Clarence and Patricia Rule brought this action on their own behalves and on behalf of their son, Lucas Rule, for birth injuries received by Lucas during a breech delivery at Thayer County Memorial Hospital in He-bron, Nebraska. The Thayer County Hospital is operated by Lutheran. The Rules alleged that Lutheran was negligent in failing to investigate the qualifications of Dr. Harold Pumphrey, who delivered Lucas, and in granting Dr. Pumphrey privileges to…
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