Grubb v. Norton Hospitals, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

Justice CUNNINGHAM.

This medical malpractice claim was brought by Linda and Laymon Grubb, the parents of Krystal Meredith, individually and as next friends of Krystal’s daughter, Alyssa (collectively, “the Grubbs”). Krystal was twenty-years old and thirty-seven-weeks pregnant when she began to experience abdominal pain on January 5, 2007. She was taken to Norton Hospital and was treated by Dr. James Haile. Dr. Haile *485was covering for Krystal’s regular obstetrician, Dr. Luis Velasco.

Between January 5 and January 7, Krystal visited the Norton Hospital emergency room three…