Shelton v. St. Anthony's Medical Centerd

RENDLEN, Judge.

In plaintiffs action for medical malpractice, her claims against the separate defendants South County Radiologists, Inc. and Dr. E.W. Szoko were dismissed by the trial court for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The petition, taken as true when reviewing the order of dismissal, Stiffelman v. Abrams, 655 S.W.2d 522, 525 (Mo. banc 1983), contains the following averments.

On May 7, 1986, and September 11, 1986, plaintiff, then pregnant, was tested by ultrasound procedures performed at South County Radiologists, Inc. Defendants, however, failed to properly…