95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6117, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,464 Connie Jo Wray, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Jacob Wray v. Paul J. Gregory, M.D.

61 F.3d 1414 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6117 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10,464 Connie Jo WRAY, individually and as guardian ad litem of Jacob Wray, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul J. GREGORY, M.D., Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-16985. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 17, 1994. Decided Aug. 3, 1995. Terry W. Mackey, Cheyenne, WY, for plaintiff-appellant. Thomas Joseph Doyle, Schuering, Zimmerman, Scully & Nolen, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before: REINHARDT and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and LINDA HODGE McLAUGHLIN, * District Judge. Per Curiam; Concurrence by District Judge McLAUGHLIN. PER CURIAM: 1 The appellant Connie Wray arrived at the emergency room of St. Mary's Hospital in Reno, Nevada, on March 31, 1985, suffering from severe abdominal pain and low blood pressure. Wray was twenty-eight to twenty-nine weeks pregnant. As she was waiting in the emergency room, she went into shock. Attending physicians diagnosed abruptio placenta, with severe fetal distress. Wray was immediately prepared for a caesarean section. The appellee, Dr. Paul Gregory, an anesthesiologist,…