PIPER v. RABALAIS

No. 14374.

407 So.2d 751 (1981)

Gloria D. PIPER, et vir v. Dr. Roy RABALAIS, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Berggreen, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Gloria D. Piper and Henry Piper.

David Donnell, Moss, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Dr. Homer Appleby.

Frank A. Fertitta, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Dr. Roy Rabalais and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.

Donald S. Zuber, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Woman's Foundation Hospital, Inc., and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Gloria Piper, appealed from the denial of a new trial after an adverse jury verdict and judgment on a suit for damages alleging lack of consent for surgery. The bases for the motion for a new trial were that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence and that the jury was unconstitutionally selected.

The issues are the admissibility of testimony of the content of a missing document and the constitutionality of the method...

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