LaCAZE v. COLLIER

No. 14900.

416 So.2d 619 (1982)

Phillip LaCAZE et ux., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. L. R. COLLIER, M. D., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy & Yeager by Charles J. Yeager, and Ralph W. Kennedy, Alexandria, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Provosty, Sadler & deLaunay by Frederick B. Alexius, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, appeal a judgment rejecting their claim for damages in a medical malpractice action against the defendant physician, asserting several specifications of trial court error which raise the following substantial issues:

(1) Did the defendant physician fail to secure plaintiff wife's informed consent to the surgery in question because he did not advise her of all known risks—specifically the risks...

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