SCIACCA v. POLIZZI

No. 13878.

394 So.2d 1319 (1981)

Helen SCIACCA v. Louis POLIZZI, M.D. and Julius Schmid Company, a/k/a Schmid Laboratories, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Alan Jolissaint, Slidell, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jerry L. Saporito, Jos. S. Palermo, Jr., Metairie, Carey J. Guglielmo, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

Before ELLIS, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.


ELLIS, Judge.

This is a suit by Helen Sciacca against Dr. Louis A. Polizzi and Julius Schmid Company, also known as Schmid Laboratories, for damages for personal injuries arising out of the insertion of an intrauterine device into the uterus of Ms. Sciacca. The petitions and supplemental petitions filed herein allege in effect that, relying entirely on the advice of Dr. Polizzi, plaintiff permitted the insertion of a "Saf-T Coil" IUD, manufactured by defendant Schmid...

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