Echard v. Barnes-Jewish Hospital

GARY M. GAERTNER, SR., Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (“BJH”), appeals the judgment, after a jury trial, of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in favor of respondent, Dorothy Christine Echard (“plaintiff’). Plaintiff, both individually and as the representative of the estate of her husband, Robert L. Echard (“husband”), sought damages arising out of an alleged medical malpractice that occurred during husband’s admission at BJH. The jury awarded $78,000 to plaintiff individually and $43,799.01 to husband’s estate. We affirm.

On October 22, 1993, husband, a…