Chandler Ex Rel. Chandler v. Neosho Memorial Hospital

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.:

We are called upon to determine whether the trial court erred in excluding the testimony of plaintiff’s expert medical witnesses in this case of alleged medical malpractice. We conclude that the court did err, and we reverse.

The minor plaintiff, Angela Dawn Chandler, was born prematurely in the Neosho Memorial Hospital. Alexander Mih was the attending physician. Plaintiff claims that the defendants, Dr. Mih and the hospital, negligently caused excessive amounts of oxygen to be continuously administered to her over an extended period of time,…