While Welker's children were visiting his ex-wife, she took them to an employee of Baptist Hospital for a psychological evaluation, resulting in a letter stating that contact with the father was psychologically harmful to them. The ex-wife then used this letter to obtain an injunction against her former husband, resulting in him being unable to visit with his children. Welker successfully sued to enforce his visitation rights, resulting in the injunction being dissolved. He later sued Baptist Hospital. Among other things, he sought damages for negligent interference with parental rights. The trial court dismissed all claims, but the First District Court ordered that the negligent interference claim should go to trial.