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PEARCE v. CORNERSTONE CLINIC FOR WOMEN

No. 90-1885.

938 F.2d 855 (1991)

Dennis PEARCE, as Parent and Next Friend of Alexander Justin Pearce, a Minor; Linda Pearce, as Parent and Next Friend of Alexander Justin Pearce, a Minor, Appellants, v. CORNERSTONE CLINIC FOR WOMEN and Douglas B. Smith, M.D., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Wilson, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., argued, for appellant; Donald V. Ferrell and Walden E. Morris, Harrisburg, Ill., and William R. Wilson, Jr. and Gary D. Corum, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief.

C. Tab Turner, argued, for appellee; William H. Sutton and C. Tab Turner, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and SACHS, District Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Dennis and Linda Pearce, parents and next friends of Alexander Justin Pearce, appeal from an adverse judgment entered on a jury verdict in their medical malpractice claim against Dr. Douglas B. Smith and the Cornerstone Clinic for Women. The Pearces claim that Dr. Smith failed to use an electronic fetal heart monitor when he administered the drug Pitocin to Linda Pearce during the delivery of...

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