Poynter v. Ratcliff

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1989-05-12

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HENDERSON, District Judge: This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a medical malpractice case. Jamie Nicole Poynter, on whose behalf this suit was brought, is a ten-year-old girl who suffers from cerebral palsy. The plaintiff, Barbara Sue Poynter, is Jamie’s mother. Poynter commenced this action against the defendants, Bruce A. Ratcliff, M.D. and Ted P. Haddox, M.D., alleging that their negligent prenatal care caused Jamie’…

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