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KARL J. PIZZALOTTO, M.D., LTD. v. WILSON

No. 82-C-1142.

437 So.2d 859 (1983)

KARL J. PIZZALOTTO, M.D., LTD. v. Dietrich WILSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied October 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Maughan, Maughan & Atkinson, Ltd., Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant.

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

DENNIS, Justice.

In this case the trial jury and the court of appeal, 411 So.2d 1150, refused to hold a surgeon liable for removing a woman's reproductive organs without her consent. We reverse. The evidence presents no reasonable basis for finding that the woman consented either expressly or impliedly to a removal of her reproductive organs. Regardless of the reasonableness of the surgery or its eventual necessity, a physician...

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