Thibodeaux v. Donnell

McDonald, j.

| ?In this appeal, plaintiffs in a medical malpractice suit appeal from a judgment awarding medical expenses but no general damages. We reverse the judgment in part and render.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2003, 37-year-old Kimberly Thibo-deaux became pregnant with her fourth child and saw Dr. James Donnell as her obstetrician-gynecologist. In mid-November, at about 29 weeks pregnant, Mrs. Thibodeaux was hospitalized for four days at Terrebonne General Medical Center (TGMC) in Houma, Louisiana, for vaginal bleeding secondary to placenta previa. On November 18, upon Dr.…