WHITE v. McCOOL

No. 80-C-2280.

395 So.2d 774 (1981)

Mrs. Ruby WHITE et vir. v. Dr. E. Edward McCOOL et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Cobb, Ltd., Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-applicants.

W. Luther Wilson, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Mrs. Ruby White sued Dr. Edward McCool in a medical malpractice action to recover damages arising from the doctor's alleged negligence in failing to properly suture Mrs. White's liver following a laceration which occurred in the course of the removal of her gall bladder. The trial judge and the Court of Appeal denied recovery and we granted writs. White v. McCool, 393 So.2d 744 (1980).

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