Perkins v. Guidry

GREMILLION, Judge.

I/The plaintiff, Andre Perkins, appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of the defendant, Dr. Tricia N. Guidry, finding that she did not breach the standard of care following the death of his wife, Eboni Perkins, and their unborn son (Hunter). For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This case involves the most tragic of circumstances. Andre and Eboni, who was twenty-eight years old, were expecting their first child. At .twenty-three weeks gestation, Eboni was admitted by her obstetrician, Dr. Guidry, to Women and Children’s Hospital in Lake…