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- Title: Rita Marie Vincent v. Vernon L. Johnson
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri
- Release Date : January 02, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Both plaintiffs and defendant appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County in a medical malpractice case.
Because the cross-appeal alleges the unconstitutionality of §§ 538.210, 538.220, 538.230 RSMo 1986, 1
this Court has exclusive jurisdiction. Mo. Const. Art. V, § 3 . The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed in
part and reversed in part; this case is remanded for further proceedings in accord with this opinion. Plaintiff Rita M. Vincent is the natural daughter of plaintiffs Rita K. Vincent and Robert A. Vincent. This cause of action
implicates the negligence of defendant Vernon L. Johnson, M.D., and the alleged negligence of co-defendants James Belcher,
M.D., and NME Hospitals, Inc., d/b/a Lutheran Medical Center, during Rita's birth on December 15, 1986. Plaintiffs' evidence
indicated that defendants failed to perform a timely caesarian section, and thereby caused permanent brain damage to Rita
M. Vincent. Plaintiffs -- but not defendants -- also presented evidence regarding damages.