Norfleet v. Southern Baptist Hospital

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

In this appeal arising out of a medical malpractice action, plaintiffs, Linda Ann Nor-fleet and her husband, Bradford, and defendant, the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund, appeal portions of the judgment of the trial court. We amend the judgment of the trial court, and affirm it as amended.

In October, 1987, plaintiff, Linda Norfleet, then twenty-four years old, entered Southern Baptist Hospital (“SBH”) to deliver her second child. She claimed that an SBH employee negligently administered an intramuscular injection injuring her right sciatic nerve, resulting in her having…