Wachtel by and Through Wachtel v. Beer

On October 25, 1985, Brenda Wachtel, mother and next friend of Bonnie Kay Wachtel, filed a negligence action against Robert A. Beer and Dean R. Thomson, physicians and partners in the Nebraska City Family Medical Clinic, and against St. Mary’s Hospital of Nebraska City and Kathryn Scheer, a nurse-anesthetist. On account of the defendants’ alleged negligence at the time of Bonnie Kay’s birth, Brenda Wachtel sought damages for permanent injury to Bonnie Kay and medical expenses, past and future, which were assigned to Bonnie Kay for inclusion in the litigation.

Brenda Wachtel received prenatal…