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DUFRENE v. FAGET

No. 4864.

260 So.2d 76 (1972)

Paul DUFRENE, Jr., and Mrs. Rosalie Dufrene v. Dr. Harold FAGET and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied April 18, 1972.

Writ Refused May 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peltier & Peltier, Thibodaux, and Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings & Boisfontaine, New Orleans, Donald L. Peltier, Thibodaux, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

Before CHASEZ, STOULIG and BAILES, JJ.

STOULIG, Judge.

This suit was brought by plaintiffs, alleging that Dr. Harold Faget was guilty of dental malpractice which resulted in Mrs. Dufrene's swallowing a small needlelike instrument known as a root canal reamer. Surgery was subsequently necessary to remove this instrument, which measured approximately 1¼ inches in length, from the plaintiff's duodenum. After a trial on the merits before the presiding district court judge, the defendant was found to have...

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