Seippel-Cress v. Lackamp

JAMES M. SMART, Jr., Judge.

On June 9, 1993, eighty-three-year-old Louise Seippel went into a respiratory crisis shortly after undergoing a barium swallow test at Heartland Hospital West in St. Joseph. She died the following day. Mrs. Seippel’s daughter, Patricia Seippel-Cress, sued the hospital, alleging negligence in the administration of the test and in the failure to monitor Mrs. Seippel following the test. Before the conclusion of the evidence, the trial court granted the motions of defendants for a directed verdict, Mrs. Seippel-Cress appeals, contending that she made a submissible case…