Neff v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant Janet Neff brought this damage suit against appellee St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., insurer of Washington County Regional Medical Center, alleging that by delivering the body of her stillborn fetus to her husband, the hospital had committed a tort of outrage. The trial court held that no cause of action was stated and we agree.

On March 20,1987, Janet S. Neff, appellant, was admitted to Washington Regional Medical Center with complications in pregnancy. The treating physician, Dr. Harmon Lushbaugh, could detect no fetal heart tones and an ultrasound…