Stecker v. First Commercial Trust Co.

David Newbern, Justice.

This is the second appeal concerning the liability of Dr. Rheeta Stecker for the death of her patient, sixteen-month-old Laura Fullbright. First Commercial Trust Company (“First Commercial”), as administrator of the child’s estate, sued Dr. Stecker for medical malpractice and for failure to report under the child-abuse-reporting statute, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-12-501 through 12-12-518 (Repl. 1995 and Supp. 1997). In addition to the action on behalf of the estate, First Commercial sued on behalf of several of Laura Fullbright’s relatives, individually. It was alleged that…