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JOHNS v. GAUTHIER

No. 4731.

266 So.2d 504 (1972)

Mrs. Melba Lee CARPENTER, wife of and Waldo W. JOHNS v. Dr. William K. GAUTHIER, New Orleans-Metairie Hospital Foundation (Sometimes Referred To as Metairie Hospital) et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1972.

Writ Refused November 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy L. Price and A. Russell Roberts, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SAMUEL, CHASEZ and BOUTALL, JJ.

BOUTALL, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case filed against a doctor charging him with professional negligence occurring during treatment in January and February, 1959. It is alleged that plaintiff had a spontaneous abortion, and that in the ensuing treatment, the doctor failed to remove retained placental material. As a result, another operation was caused several months later in which a hysterectomy was necessitated. The trial court awarded judgment in favor...

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