Chatelain v. Kelley

910 S.W.2d 215 (1995)

322 Ark. 517

Joanne CHATELAIN, f/k/a Joanne Mote, and Daryl Mote, Appellants,

v.

Lawrence A. KELLEY, Appellee.

No. 95-450.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 20, 1995.

Frank H. Bailey, Mt. Home, for appellants.

Constance G. Clark, Fayetteville, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

At the end of a full-term pregnancy in 1989, appellant Joanne Mote, whose name is now Joanne Chatelain, was admitted to a hospital for delivery of her child. While she was awaiting delivery, an emergency Caesarian section became necessary, and Dr. Lawrence A. Kelley, the appellee, was to perform the…