Butler v. Rolling Hill Hospital

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from a December 30, 1989 Order granting appellee/Rolling Hill Hospital’s motion for summary judgment. The relevant facts are appellant had a laparoscopic tubal ligation performed on November 19, 1981 for the purpose of preventing further pregnancies. Thereafter, appellant became pregnant and delivered a healthy, albeit unwanted, baby boy on May 8, 1984. Appellant instituted a cause of action against Rolling Hill Hospital and K. Niki Cole, M.D., for failure to properly perform a tubal ligation. The suit also alleged negligence on the part of Maria Limberakis,…