BOURGEOIS v. DAVIS

No. 7470.

337 So.2d 575 (1976)

Priscilla Joy Everhart Bourgeois, wife of/and Albert John BOURGEOIS, III v. Dr. Julius DAVIS, Jr., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Gertler, Joseph M. Singerman, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

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

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and BOUTALL, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

On defendants' appeal we reverse an award of $7,500 plus special damages for an abdominal scar from indispensable surgery to save plaintiff wife's life after a complication of non-negligent vaginal hysterectomy.

Plaintiffs picture their case as one of a woman who had a medical concern (permanent contraception) but whose paramount concern was scarlessness of the belly.

One could believe and understand that such a woman would reject ordinary...

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